If you want to fulfill your dreams, just put it out there…in the magical ether. That’s exactly the story of Drew Horton’s I Want to Work with the Duplass Brothers.
In their attempt to live the Hollywood dream, Drew and Eli Horton are content creators doing what all content creators do, and that’s creating content. Drew is dressed in an island vacation outfit, lipsynching the ever-popular, overused, annoying Jiggle Jiggle song.
When Drew screws up the timing, Eli stops him, and before they can start it up again, Drew experiences an existential crisis.
He decides just to throw it out there, “I want to work with the Duplass Brothers!”
“He decides to just throw it out there, ‘I want to work with the Duplass Brothers!’”
I admired the chutzpah of the Horton brothers for making a Duplass-style short film as an attempt to actually garner the attention of the Duplass Brothers in hopes of working with the Duplass Brothers. You gotta do what you gotta do. Am I right? Far be it from me to crush a dream.
As you might guess, the short is about an authentic feeling, yet a scripted discussion about manifesting dreams…and not small dreams. We’re talking lottery-level dreams. This conversation is low stakes and fun to watch at times intentionally eye-rolling, but again…you gotta do what you gotta do. I can attest writer/director Drew Horton dug deep into this very self-aware comedic short with an ending that sort of gets him off the hook in a way. The final result is thirteen minutes of levity with a dash of silliness.
Drew Horton may never work with the Duplass Brothers, but he has a whimsical short film as a result.
