Writer

I wanted to make a short film that had a contemporary interpretation of the 'angry young man' archetype, not as an oppressed individual, but instead as an over-entitled one.

Since making this film, I realise now that Nick is an incel. It was made before the term had come into use, so I didn't have the vocabulary to describe his absurd entitlement and making this film helped me to understand it better.

Perhaps the closest comparison in film before this is Schumacher's Falling Down, although I feel like it ultimately isn't objective enough on Michael Douglas' character. When I made Writer I wanted to step out of Nick's perspective for a brief moment at the end, to throw into sharp relief how ridiculous and horrific he is behaving.