The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit (2011)
- Directed by
- Joe Bookman
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 15 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This short comedy follows characters in a series of long, single-take scenes. It was made by student filmmakers and references a famous speech about human endurance.
humorousoffbeatquietminimalistcontemplativeexperimentalself-awareslow-paceddeadpan
What happens
The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit is a 2011 short film by D. Jesse Damazo and Joe Bookman. It was screened at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in the Cinéfondation section. The film was made as part of the directors' coursework at The University of Iowa. The title is a reference to William Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance speech. The film consists of only five shots, each lasting several minutes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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