Tap Runner
2022 · 10m · USA
Directed by Paolo Chianta
Tones: contemplative, melancholic, surreal
In a dystopian near-future, a man inspects faucets for leaks but isn't allowed to fix them — only report. He daydreams about shorter showers while flying cars and burning robots cycle past. Hand-drawn ballpoint melancholy.
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The scouts
Hand-drawn-in-ballpoint dystopia about a guy whose job is to notice leaks but not fix them. That's the most accurate portrait of modern labor I've heard described in a one-line synopsis.
Entirely ballpoint-animated dystopia about a powerless faucet inspector is the kind of medium-as-thesis commitment Don Hertzfeldt would salute. Bic-blue palette as world-building is a real flex.
Entirely ballpoint-pen-animated dystopian sci-fi about a powerless faucet inspector — one-man-operation, narrated in mantra mode — is the kind of formal commitment that makes melancholy stick. Bic-blue Hertzfeldt is a real pitch.
Reviews
An animated sci-fi short, hand-drawn with a ballpoint pen and characterized by a melancholic spirit.