24 minutes of desert fever-dream chaos that'll make you question your own sanity.
Hugh, the protagonist, awakens in the desert quite disoriented and seemingly confused and out of place.
Direction
Toye crafts maximum unease from minimal resources.
Acting
Elfman's unraveling is hypnotic, barely controlled desperation.
Director
Frederick E. O. Toye
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Frederick E.O. Toye later directed episodes of Lost the TV series — this short's title became bizarrely prophetic.
Shot during the early-2000s wave of 'puzzle films' (Memento, Mulholland Drive), it apes the style on a shoestring.
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