Short film

Clanker Man
2018 · 11 min
A droll, slightly melancholy mockumentary that makes bureaucratic drudgery feel like the secret machinery holding reality together.
- Directed by
- Ben Steiner
- Genres
- Comedy, Documentary
- Starring
- Simon Meacock, Eli Silverman
- Overview
- Reality doesn't happen by itself. Terry Lothian works tirelessly to maintain the background details that we all take for granted. But with his department feeling the pinch of austerity cutbacks, it's not just the fabric of reality that's starting to unravel.
- How it feels
- Absurd, satirical, whimsical and melancholic. Brisk and needs your attention.
- About
- Work, madness, identity, class
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Ben Steiner
- Genres
- Comedy, Documentary
- Starring
- Simon Meacock, Eli Silverman


