There’s a bigger, bolder, more fascinating, and most importantly, a complete movie stuck somewhere inside Warren Fischer’s short film The Serena Variation. There’s no doubt that the twenty-eight minute short is one of a kind, and Fischer has tried to pull off something truly remarkable here. Unfortunately, he is constrained by the short film format, and the man has too much to tell. Never have I ever imagined a short film would dare to attempt breaking its narrative into six chapters, like what someone like Tarantino does. Full marks to Fischer for attempting to do something like this, but the result is not quite convincing, sadly. Imagine you’re served a ten-course meal, from starter to main course to dessert, but on a tiny plate, and you’ve got to polish it off in half an hour. That’s what watching The Serena Variation feels like. It’s way too much narration,...