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Douglas Riggs · Poem / Experimental / Fantasy / Animation · 5 min · 8.2K views
With Ella Purnell, from Arcane

Directed by Douglas Riggs · Starring Elisha Herbert, Renee Herbert, Ella Purnell · 2023

A torrent of spoken poetry and animation captures the morning negotiation with oneself over getting out of bed, and how much rides on that small choice.

A rapid-fire animated poem that turns a lazy morning into an existential epic.

A five minute waterfall of automatic cadence about how we, as humans, argue and negotiate with ourselves every morning over the simple task of getting out of bed...and what massive consequences that seemingly small decis

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