HAM SANDWICH
2011 · 7m · USA
Directed by Dave Green
Tones: absurdist, humorous, whimsical
A magical ham sandwich exists that sends the eater back in time by exactly five minutes with every bite. A man discovers this and has to decide what to do with the most absurd superpower imaginable.
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The scouts
The time-travel device is a deli sandwich and nobody in the film thinks this is weird. Dave Green treats the premise with complete logical seriousness and somehow that makes it funnier than any winking-at-the-audience comedy would. Shortlisted for a Vimeo Award. Obviously.
The time-travel device is a ham sandwich and the film takes its mechanics completely seriously — that commitment is the whole engine. Primer if Primer were funny.
The time-travel device is a ham sandwich, and Dave Green treats its mechanics completely seriously for 6:48. Vimeo Narrative shortlist; the deadpan commitment to the absurd premise is the whole engine.
Festivals
- Vimeo Awards 2011, Shortlist