An old bearded man wearing a raincoat walks into a bar and sits down, placing a mysterious box next to him. The other patrons try, with varying success, to find out what's inside. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2003.
Direction
Wolf's anti-climax is the whole point
Writing
Dialogue that says everything and nothing
Editing
Eight minutes that feel like a fever dream
Director
Fred Wolf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wolf later created The Point and Free to Be... You and Me, proving this weirdness was no accident.
The Academy preserved this in 2003 alongside works by Brakhage—some archivist has excellent taste in chaos.
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