A busy businessman encounters a solitary traffic light in the middle of nowhere. As his temper and technology fail him, he sees red and enters a battle of wits with the mysterious light.
Acting
David Megaritty's silent fury against an inanimate object.
Direction
Mullins stretches seven minutes into genuine tension.
Sound
Danny Murphy's smug tape voice deserves its own credit.
Director
Anthony Mullins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Premiered at Cannes 2000, part of a wave of Australian shorts exploring bureaucratic absurdity and rural isolation.
The light never malfunctions—it's the man's assumption of control that fails. The horror is his own entitlement.
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