Well.. actually it is really just 8.5 minutes, the rest is the ending credits. Here, Kevin Spacey plays a man who controls (or is controlled by) a puppet. Early on, you think he is either 100% into character or completely insane as his puppet keeps insulting a man three times Spacey's size or tells sexist jokes to the attractive coffee seller around the corner. When he comes home, we realize the puppet is real as it speaks and moves without Spacey's character's hand inside. Or is it really?
Anyway, being humiliated physically and emotionally that day, Spacey's character has enough and rages against the puppet telling it that things won't go on like that. The next morning, it is gone. First Spacey's character reacts confused and looks for it, then he realizes he's free. Very good short film with a deeper meaning that came to me only a couple minutes after the film ended. Possibly Jameson's finest and I am curious if director Benjamin Leavitt will ever follow up with a feature film.
Anyway, being humiliated physically and emotionally that day, Spacey's character has enough and rages against the puppet telling it that things won't go on like that. The next morning, it is gone. First Spacey's character reacts confused and looks for it, then he realizes he's free. Very good short film with a deeper meaning that came to me only a couple minutes after the film ended. Possibly Jameson's finest and I am curious if director Benjamin Leavitt will ever follow up with a feature film.