Short Film: Eugene

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Created as a part of the Four Stories competition held by Intel and W Hotels, Eugene is the darkly comedic tale of a man granted the power to make wishes come true when he mysteriously receives a laptop delivered to his hotel room.

Updating the genie-in-a-bottle plot-line by transforming its wish-granter into a much more contemporary container – a laptop – Eugene plays the anything-is-possible card closely to its chest by granting this power to its shy and awkward protagonist.

Always read the fine print. Just saying.

Directed by Spencer Susser. Acted in by Michael Govier and Karolina Wydra.
Via Short of the Week.

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I design video games for a living, write fiction, political theory and poetry for personal amusement, and train regularly in Western European 16th century swordwork. On frequent occasion I have been known to hunt for and explore abandoned graveyards, train tunnels and other interesting places wherever I may find them, but there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that I am preparing to set off a zombie apocalypse. Nothing that will stand up in court, at least. I use paranthesis with distressing frequency, have a deep passion for history, anthropology and sociological theory, and really, really, really hate mayonnaise. But I wash my hands after the writing. Promise.

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