Tom E. Brown

The ennui of a filmmaker, trapped between aspiration and reality, frames Lana Jing’s quirky, sarcastic, and cinematic-joke filled quarter-life crisis. At her lecture hall job, where aging white men wax on, self-involved, Lana accidentally frames her friend and co-worker when she destroys the only copy of an aging tech-bro’s high-profile lecture. Lana is forced to navigate stop motion animation, a secret admirer, and terrible bridge traffic to sort out a way forward to her destiny… kinda.

In the not-too-distant future, a marionette copes with the never-ending pandemic by actively participating in the circle of life.

In the not-too-distant future, a marionette copes with the never-ending pandemic by actively participating in the circle of life.

In the not-too-distant future, a marionette copes with the never-ending pandemic by actively participating in the circle of life.

In the not-too-distant future, a marionette copes with the never-ending pandemic by actively participating in the circle of life.

バーで用心棒をしているダンは、月額3000ドルの薬を購入してきた22年目のHIV陽性患者。これまで医療支援プランのお陰 で何とかやってこられたが、母から受け取った100ドルの小切手をうっかり貯金したことで低所得者の対象から外され、保険 の補助を失ってしまった。ダンは高額の薬をこれまで通り受け取るため、あの手この手を尽くすもなかなか結果を出すことが できないでいた。一方、世話になっているバーのオーナー夫妻が些細なケンカから別居に発展し、心配したダンとルームメイ トのポーラは彼らのために尽力するのだが、その頃からダンは体に異変を感じ始め…。

バーで用心棒をしているダンは、月額3000ドルの薬を購入してきた22年目のHIV陽性患者。これまで医療支援プランのお陰 で何とかやってこられたが、母から受け取った100ドルの小切手をうっかり貯金したことで低所得者の対象から外され、保険 の補助を失ってしまった。ダンは高額の薬をこれまで通り受け取るため、あの手この手を尽くすもなかなか結果を出すことが できないでいた。一方、世話になっているバーのオーナー夫妻が些細なケンカから別居に発展し、心配したダンとルームメイ トのポーラは彼らのために尽力するのだが、その頃からダンは体に異変を感じ始め…。

A peculiar man goes to great lengths to get closure.

A peculiar man goes to great lengths to get closure.

The tale of an old man and the clown doll he brings to life. Told like an old-fashioned educational slide show.

The tale of an old man and the clown doll he brings to life. Told like an old-fashioned educational slide show.

The tale of an old man and the clown doll he brings to life. Told like an old-fashioned educational slide show.

The tale of an old man and the clown doll he brings to life. Told like an old-fashioned educational slide show.

The tale of an old man and the clown doll he brings to life. Told like an old-fashioned educational slide show.

A short, screwy, sometimes haunting mock experimental film, "Rubber Gloves" is Tom E. Brown's twisted take on the social, physical, and mental consequences of living with AIDS.

A short, screwy, sometimes haunting mock experimental film, "Rubber Gloves" is Tom E. Brown's twisted take on the social, physical, and mental consequences of living with AIDS.

A short, screwy, sometimes haunting mock experimental film, "Rubber Gloves" is Tom E. Brown's twisted take on the social, physical, and mental consequences of living with AIDS.

A short, screwy, sometimes haunting mock experimental film, "Rubber Gloves" is Tom E. Brown's twisted take on the social, physical, and mental consequences of living with AIDS.

A short, screwy, sometimes haunting mock experimental film, "Rubber Gloves" is Tom E. Brown's twisted take on the social, physical, and mental consequences of living with AIDS.

A short, screwy, sometimes haunting mock experimental film, "Rubber Gloves" is Tom E. Brown's twisted take on the social, physical, and mental consequences of living with AIDS.

This short film was inspried by the work of B-movie director Ed Wood (Plan 9 From Outer Space, Glen or Glenda). It's the story of an 'average gay male's' panic-stricken run through the city streets after learning that he is HIV-positive. It's also a comedy. Really. Shot in just two days with a budget of just two thousand dollars, 600 feet of b&w 16mm film on a Russian hand-crank camera, with no filming permit and a skeleton crew. Ed Wood would have been proud.