The story consists of a somewhat ratty man, in a much rattier flat. There, he seems intent—and possibly even driven to insanity - with catching the 'doodlebug' of the film's title. However, after over two minutes of cat and mouse chasing, it is revealed that the bug resembles a miniature version of himself. He squashes the bug with his shoe. The audience comes to realise that every move that the doodlebug makes the man reciprocates a second later. Into this Kafkaesque situation enters a large face, that of the man; thereby making the man the doodlebug, and he proceeds to get squashed by this newer being.
This film is what has initially inspired me for my short film, its ideas, and possibly even the way it has been shot. I'm interested in the never ending feeling the short film portrays, a cycle, that can never be stopped. A film within a film, mimicking an inescapable perspective.
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