Idiot Box
2009 · 9m · USA
Directed by Lee Citron
Genres: comedy, surrealism
Tones: absurdist, humorous, surreal
In a world where everyone exists on television, a man is devastated to discover what his wife does with the milkman. A surrealist domestic farce that takes its absurd premise entirely seriously.
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Everyone lives on TV and one guy's wife is cheating with the milkman and somehow that's the drama in a world where the basic ontological premise is already insane. Citron plays it completely straight, which is the only way to play Buñuel in 2009.
Lee Citron plays his everyone-lives-inside-television premise completely straight, which is the only way it could work — Buñuel-lite suburban surrealism with a Pleasantville cousin lurking. Genuine commitment to the bit.
Everyone in this world exists on television, played completely straight — Lee Citron treats the absurd premise as mundane reality and lets a domestic jealousy plot play out as suburban Buñuel. Nine minutes of committed surrealism.