The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit (2011)

Directed by

Joe Bookman

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

15 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

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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