Junior
Black screen with red text: Junior.
A man walks by two recycling cans positioned outside a house. A red plastic pig lies between them. He notices the pig, and picks it up.
A closeup shows the pig says “Junior Pig Bank.”
The man laughs and returns the pig to its position. The man walks away.
The screen shows the man typing on his laptop at a kitchen table. The screen flashes between his face and the pig’s face.
The man laughs, covering his face.
The screen shows the man in a movie store.
He checks out four films: “Delicatessen,” “Pig,” “Babe,” and “Sing.”
While checking out, the screen flashes in between the man’s face and the pig’s face.
The man zones out. The checkout woman waves her hand in front of his eyes to capture his attention.
He erratically puts cash on the table and takes the films, all of which feature a pig.
The music crescendos.
A long shot shows the man walking along the street. He sees pigs in advertisements and in statues.
He is agitated.
The man returns to the original scene where he saw the plastic pig. He opens each recycling can looking for it but cannot locate it.
He throws his cap on the ground.
The screen shows a closeup of another man beginning with his boots.
The camera scans up to the second man holding the pig.
He sets it down and photographs it.
Man A yells and man B, seemingly negotiating over the pig.
Man B swings at Man A, and they get into a fistfight.
Another man appears and picks up the pig.
The other two men chase after the third man with the pig.
The screen goes black. Text: Created by Neil Smith.
In this silent short film, a young man becomes obsessed with a red piggy bank he finds on the street.