Doodlebug (film)

For other uses, see Doodlebug (disambiguation).

Doodlebug (film)
Directed by	Christopher Nolan
Produced by	Emma Thomas Christopher Nolan Steve Street
Written by	Christopher Nolan
Starring	Jeremy Theobald
Music by	David Julyan
Cinematography	Christopher Nolan
Editing by	Christopher Nolan
Distributed by	N/A Cinema16
Release date(s)	1997 (1997)
Running time	Approximately 3 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Budget	>$1,000 (Exact Amount Unknown)
Box office	N/A

Doodlebug is a 1997 short psychological thriller film by Christopher Nolan.

Plot

The story consists of a somewhat ratty man, in a much rattier flat. There, he seems intent - and possibly even driven to insanity - with catching a doodlebug; ergo the film's title. However, after over 2 minutes of cat-and-mouse chasing, it is revealed that said doodlebug looks like a miniature version of himself, which he then proceeds to squash with a shoe, which has been his weapon of choice. However, before squashing it, we make a realization: every move that the doodlebug takes, the man takes as after a delay of about a second. Therefore, it is Kafka-esque indeed when after finally feeling the satisfaction of catching the doodlebug, that the aforementioned flat comes to inhabit a large face, that of the man; thereby making the man the doodlebug, and he proceeds to get squashed by this newer being.

External References

Doodlebug (film) at the Internet Movie Database