BEN SPIEGELMAN PRODUCTION DESIGN

Le Internet Date

This short subject masquerades as French foreign language lesson based on a scenario where a 50 year old man picks up a teenager he met on the internet for a date at chucky cheese. In it you can learn such useful French phraseology as ‘fried cow rectum.’ FYI the French love this piece: it was an official selection at Cannes’ Short Film Corner. Watch it in full on Like Funny Haha’s website.

I take no credit for these amazing puppets! They are the sole product of Susie Thorarinsson’s brain. Playing Gary I did discover that I am a shockingly talented amateur puppeteer. 

While we're talking about me, here's a hilarious cameo taken by DP Alex Yellin