M.O.P.Z.
2016 · 11m · USA
Directed by Todd Rohal
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, humorous
A lazy janitor builds a robot to do his dirty work. Presented in fast-forward, because you're busy.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Todd Rohal made an Adult Swim short about a robot janitor and showed the whole thing in fast-forward out of contempt for your schedule — it's disrespectful and perfect.
Todd Rohal directing for PFFR on Adult Swim, written with Ben Kasulke, an 11-minute janitor-robot story shown in fast-forward as joke — that pedigree is impeccable for this lane and the speed-as-punchline is genuinely funny.
Todd Rohal directing for Adult Swim with Ben Kasulke on camera, a lazy-janitor-builds-robot premise shown entirely in fast-forward as a meta-joke about your time. The whole-film-as-punchline conceit is risky but the credits are serious.