Directing
Told in the form of a mock documentary in 92 short parts, nineteen million people are left obsessed with birds and flight following a strange occurrence. A documentarian analyses the lives of all the survivors whose surnames begin with FALL to uncover the truth behind the event.
A man sits by a window, meditating on loneliness, fear and confusion.
On a beautiful summer's day, a river is crowded with boats. In a moment of carelessness, a man falls overboard. While struggling to reach the surface he strikes his head and sinks to the bottom. In a twilight world, he views past scenes from his life.
Nature and Time stride through London town. Nature bemoans the loss of the countryside while Time ignores her.
Three criminals pledge to free the soul of their friend from his gibbeted corpse in this short film based on 'The Highwayman' by Lord Dunsany.
Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms. As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his childhood when his father dies. He's ten or eleven that year, picked on by bullies at the Catholic school he attends. He seems friendless. At home, his mother is quiet, his father is ill and angry. After his father's death, there's a wake, the coffin arrives, the body is removed. The lad grieves, alone.
A young couple go on a picnic. During a walk, they run into the Grim Reaper, and it seems the couple are not all they seem.
Compilation of four short films by Digby Rumsey: For All the Immigrants in England, Windows, Nature and Time and The Moonlight Comb. Also includes new linking footage.
