In My Room
Experimental
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Short Films, 01-Aug-2025
A Gen-Z man child uses the powers of artificial intelligence to create his own movie where he wins the war and gets the girl...but at what cost? “In My Room,” directed by Michael McCurdy, is an experimental exploration of a man’s bizarre effort to escape into a new medium. The unnamed loner types a prompt into an AI chat box that reads, “I’m 24 years old and have no luck in the pussy department and I want my own movie where I am a war hero and I kill nazis and I get all the action both combat and the ladies.” Come the next morning, he lives out the fictional story. Intermittent title cards deliver him to his next objective. As he moves forward with the mission, another voice directs him—either made up in his own head or a physical manifestation of the AI. He takes breaks watching classic films and develops an intimate relationship with a sex worker. For the film’s entirety, our main character wears a hyper-realistic face mask and exists solely in his interior world. McCurdy blurs the line between a dystopian reality and the one where we currently live, making this depiction of loneliness feel all the more bleak. -JM. Director: Michael McCurdy. Cast: Michael McCurdy, Cassandra Martin. DP: Michael McCurdy, Cassandra Martin, Matt Kinney. Editor: Michael McCurdy. Producer: Michael McCurdy. Sound: Michael McCurdy.
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