Years ago, while I was working nights in Chicago, I started making short films with a fellow night worker. He was a sleep tech, I delivered steaks and cigarettes to the yuppies in the Gold Coast. We found ourselves up and around on a nightly basis until 6am with nothing to do until the idea appeared before us - short films.
We found inspiration and direction by using cartoons/graphic novels as storyboards, and forced ourselves to shoot and edit each piece in one night. Fueled by the crushing boredom of the 2am-6am hours, bottles of wine, and a deep longing for female companionship, I bring you the two ‘best’ of these experiments.
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