An 8-minute existential crisis at a movie theater. You'll never look at popcorn the same.
In this follow up to the mockumentary Finals, we see high school senior Matthew Reese filming himself working a boring shift at the local movie theater, Phoenix Theater on the first day of winter break.
Direction
Self-filmed single-take mundanity that dares you to look away.
Writing
Dialogue-free storytelling through posture and fluorescent lighting.
Director
August Kamerer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kamerer shot this at his actual workplace during a real shift, making the bored customers unwitting extras.
Part of a microgenre of 'workplace horror' shorts that exploded post-pandemic, where retail itself becomes the monster.
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