This is new territory for me, while I've written my fair share of reviews over the last year or two, and have started branching into reviewing short independent films, the early films of Angel Connell (Stocking Stuffers) are unlike anything I've ever had to review. You Know My Name is essentially a music video, however it really feels like something much more.

Set to an obscure Beatles tune which shares its title with that of Connell's short (a song which I was admittedly unfamiliar with), You Know My Name is set in a dating agency in which a woman positions herself in front of four television screens, each displaying a different suitor, or perhaps a single suitor displaying four distinct personality traits (as all suitors are portrayed by director Angel Connell).

There are two distinct aspects within You Know My Name that make it memorable. First, each potential date is a caricature of the personae we most commonly associate with these dating agencies. From a frighteningly serious-looking individual to the 'literal' clown, these characters are the sort of people one would hope to avoid through the screening process provided by these agencies. However, they're not all 'bad', as one suitor is undeniably charming, and manages to have a positive effect on the woman.

Second is the music itself, or more specifically, the fact that this song is relatively unknown. This is all the better as it allows Connell to create something truly unique. You Know My Name is a bizarre song, alternating between both fun and slightly unsettling, and the music is integrated very well into the film, as the subject matter compliments the music nearly perfectly. Because the song is so obscure, the film never seems like a video set to a Beatles song... No, it seems to be a work of stunning originality from the mind and heart of Angel Connell.

If viewed simply as a music video, Angel Connell's You Know My Name is better than nearly anything I can recall seeing in recent memory. Angel Connell manages to successfully match the bizarre Beatles tune with some equally eccentric visuals, and even incorporate some sort of linear story. Yet the film is more than that, and shouldn't be defined as 'simply a music video'. It is an incredibly ambitious short film that managed to exceed every expectation I had. Truly a one-of-a-kind film.