Protozoa

Three friends discuss how to find meaning.

This is set when it was made, and as such goes into a very dark time in human history: before the internet. How to pass the time, other than television? Lucy Liu points out that "With 8 hours of watching the tube, six of sleep, and eight of work, there's only 2 left to eat, crap and screw".

Like others, I watched this because it is among the early works of Darren Aronofsky. Even at this point, you can see some of the elements that would later become his trademarks. Perhaps the most notable being the hip-hop montage, conveying a repeated action. There are also other interesting choices in cinematography. When the camera moves and how, not to mention when it doesn't. It will disgust you, and explore obsession. It runs 24 minutes and is currently available for free on YouTube. I recommend it to big fans of his. 7/10.