A troubled man tries to highjack a ferry in order to go to Bolivia.
Acting
Rick Shapiro's twitchy, unhinged energy elevates the whole thing.
Writing
Dialogue so awkward it circles back to funny.
Director
Louis C.K.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was shot on 35mm film, which for a 4-minute short in 1998 was almost aggressively pretentious.
Part of the '90s indie comedy scene that birthed C.K.'s later work—think early 'Pootie Tang' DNA but even more unhinged.
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