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Doodlebug (1997)

Doodlebug poster
Directed by
Christopher Nolan
Genre
psychological thriller film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
3 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 489 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man frantically tries to kill a small bug in his apartment. The story follows his increasingly desperate attempts to catch it.

tenseclaustrophobicparanoidfreneticunsettlingminimalistanxious

What happens

Doodlebug is a 1997 short psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follows the story of a man anxiously trying to kill a bug-like creature in his flat. Nolan created the film during his university days using 16 mm film. The film was met with a generally positive critical response. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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