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The short film can be viewed in its entirety [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfBwOdsHaWI&ab_channel=BlackViewHD here]].

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The short film can be viewed in its entirety [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfBwOdsHaWI&ab_channel=BlackViewHD com/watch?v=lSVXYpdRHmQ here]].
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* LaserGuidedKarma: When the man finally smashes the bug [[spoiler: that is actually a small version of himself,]] he is punished by [[spoiler: a giant version of himself that smashes ''him''.]].

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* LaserGuidedKarma: When the man finally smashes the bug [[spoiler: that [[spoiler:that is actually a small version of himself,]] he is punished by [[spoiler: a [[spoiler:a giant version of himself that smashes ''him''.]].

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The short film can be viewed in its entirety [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfBwOdsHaWI&ab_channel=BlackViewHD]].

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The short film can be viewed in its entirety [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfBwOdsHaWI&ab_channel=BlackViewHD]].
com/watch?v=gfBwOdsHaWI&ab_channel=BlackViewHD here]].


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* LaserGuidedKarma: When the man finally smashes the bug [[spoiler: that is actually a small version of himself,]] he is punished by [[spoiler: a giant version of himself that smashes ''him''.]].
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The short film can be viewed in its entirety [[https://youtu.be/xy0geiP6csY here]].

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The short film can be viewed in its entirety [[https://youtu.be/xy0geiP6csY here]].
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''Doodlebug'' is a 1997 short film directed by Creator/ChristopherNolan, one year before he made his feature film debut with ''Film/{{Following}}''. The movie revolves a man seemingly trying to kill a bug that's found its way into his room, only for the ending to reveal that something much more unusual is going on.

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''Doodlebug'' is a 1997 short film directed by Creator/ChristopherNolan, one year before he made his feature film debut with ''Film/{{Following}}''. ''Film/{{Following}}''.

The movie revolves a man seemingly trying to kill a bug that's found its way into his room, only for the ending to reveal that something much more unusual is going on.


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The film can be viewed in its entirety [[https://youtu.be/xy0geiP6csY here]].

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The short film can be viewed in its entirety [[https://youtu.be/xy0geiP6csY here]].



* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Much like his [[Film/{{Following}} next film]], the movie is entirely in black-and-white.
* RecursiveReality: At the very end, the man finally catches the bug, and we see [[spoiler:that it's actually a tiny version of him, apparently also trying trying to find an even smaller version of itself. He kills it, only to be crushed by a giant-sized version of himself.]]
* WhamShot: We are led to believe that the man is simply trying to kill a pesky bug. It's when he finally catches it and [[spoiler:we see that it's a tiny version of him]] that it becomes apparent that is something else is going on.

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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Much like his [[Film/{{Following}} next first feature film]], the this movie is entirely in black-and-white.
* RecursiveReality: At the very end, the man finally catches the bug, and we see [[spoiler:that it's actually a tiny version of him, himself, apparently also trying trying to find an even smaller version of itself. He kills it, only to be crushed by a giant-sized version of himself. Roll credits.]]
* SilenceIsGolden: There is absolutely no dialogue from the man [[spoiler:or either of his larger/smaller versions]].
* WhamShot: We are led to believe that the man is simply trying to kill a pesky bug. It's when he finally catches it it, and [[spoiler:we see that it's a tiny version of him]] himself]], that it becomes apparent that is something else is going on.on.
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''Doodlebug'' is a 1997 short film directed by Creator/ChristopherNolan, one year before he made his feature film debut with ''Film/{{Following}}''. The movie revolves a man seemingly trying to kill a bug that's found its way into his room, only for the ending to reveal that something much more unusual is going on.

The film can be viewed in its entirety [[https://youtu.be/xy0geiP6csY here]].
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Much like his [[Film/{{Following}} next film]], the movie is entirely in black-and-white.
* RecursiveReality: At the very end, the man finally catches the bug, and we see [[spoiler:that it's actually a tiny version of him, apparently also trying trying to find an even smaller version of itself. He kills it, only to be crushed by a giant-sized version of himself.]]
* WhamShot: We are led to believe that the man is simply trying to kill a pesky bug. It's when he finally catches it and [[spoiler:we see that it's a tiny version of him]] that it becomes apparent that is something else is going on.

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