Pongiste

Short Film

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Directed by Hugh Braselton 

Mark Hawthorne (Mike Brune) has anger management issues and is advised by a quack therapist to take up the gentlemanly art of ping pong as an antidote to his foul temper. Hawthorne turns out to be a whiz with the paddles and is soon defeating every ponger around in this deliriously silly table tennis Rocky with an oddball twist. With a nod to Wes Anderson and Hal Ashby's deadpan visuals and nerd-hip ambiance, Hugh Braselton's madcap, visually stunning comedy crams a fistful of film influences and an idiosyncratic personal style into its terse 14 minutes.

RUNNING TIME: 14:00
COLOR/16mm