A $6 meal, a hollow room, and the void staring back. Capitalism never tasted so cold.
An experimental short film exploring the effect a capitalist economy has on a midwest-based fast food consumer.
Direction
Donnelly turns a McDonald's bag into existential dread.
Production
Zero budget, maximum damage to your soul.
Director
Wes Donnelly
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Travis Scott Meal dropped September 2020, when pandemic isolation made celebrity-branded fast food feel like genuine connection. This film eviscerates that delusion in 13 minutes.
Donnelly's single-take, no-dialogue approach places him in the tradition of structural filmmakers like Chantal Akerman—if Akerman made movies about Cactus Jack.
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