another 48 hour film: XY&Z

[molly_brown]

 

 

Methinks it's time for another short film made for the Sci-Fi London 48 hour film challenge. (This one, however, was never actually entered into the competition for the reasons explained here. Which is a great shame as I like it a lot.) 

 

Though the execution is very simple -- just one guy talking straight to camera -- I think it's got a cracking script: bizarre and surreal, with definite echoes of Theatre of the Absurd. (And it's nicely underplayed, too. One thing a lot of people tend to forget is: the more off-the-wall the premise, the straighter you need to play it.)

 

The film was made by Billy Abbott, who's also on livejournal, and these were his assigned criteria:

 

Title: XY&Z

Required Prop: a box of 5 ring doughnuts* 

Required Line: "At some point you have to just stop, give it up."

X Y & Z from Billy Abbott on Vimeo.

*"Mmm... doughnuts." (Homer Simpson)