Dog Runner
2020 · 10m · USA
Directed by Tynan DeLong
Genres: comedy, dark comedy
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, humorous
Brian, a high-strung Brooklyn dog walker, develops an unhealthy fixation on a client's dog after his personal trainer abandons him. The neighbors notice; the spiral accelerates.
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Brooklyn man-child shorts are usually punishment. DeLong's at least admits his guy is the problem — which is the bare minimum I require to keep watching.
Tynan DeLong calibrates Brian's spiral with Tim Robinson's emotional logic but a slower pulse — the dog isn't his and that's the whole tragedy. A clean, mean character miniature.
Tynan DeLong working with Brian Fiddyment on a Brooklyn dog-walker spiral — DeLong's character studies have a very specific keyed-up Brooklyn frequency and adult-man-as-wounded-child is the right key.
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A comedic character study about Brian, a keyed up Brooklyn resident who finds himself in a tailspin of anger and doubt.