Experiment Three: Broken

Experiment Three: Broken

Vibrant colours and stark black and white. Ecstatic highs and excruciating lows. Bliss in dark places and a descent into hell.

2021 · 8 min

Watch drug-addled friends through the eyes of a kaleidoscope. See coloured shapes dance and flail around. Witness people clubbing, getting beaten up, dancing and being used as human guinea pigs – all these in segments held together by two French teenagers finding themselves waiting for Godot. Experiment Three is another trip into the disturbing and bizarre world of public service announcements, contorted into something confronting and colourful.

Directed by Hamish Newcombe

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