Search for Zest, The
Search for Zest, The is a short film from 1962 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Boredom is this man's problem. Boredom at home, boredom at play, boredom at work.
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| Produced by | 0 |
Production company | 0 |
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Release date | 1962 |
Running time | 25:00 |
| Language | English |
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00:02:01:06 CU elevator door open to CU to depressed man's face wearing Malcolm X 1960s style glasses;
Audio track �Boredom is this man�s problem. Boredom at home, boredom at play, boredom at work�; man with bored look exits elevator and lights up a cigarette while looking out window.
00:02:36:28 CU door to office of Ira Jeffers M.D.; CU man�s hand grabs door knob, camera pans up man�s arm to man�s nervous expression as he takes a drag from cigarette; CU man puts out cigarette on floor with shoe. Audio track ��still battling himself, still holding back. This going to a psychiatrist, is it really the right thing to do? Is boredom worth all this fuss? Can a psychiatrist really help?�
00:03:03:29 Man looks at himself in bathroom mirror, removes glasses.
00:03:50:17 CU man with pensive expression looks at himself in mirror and rubs face, washes face in sink; extreme CU man�s wet face.
00:04:55:20 CU shot reverse shot patient psychiatrist exchange:
�What seems to be your trouble?� Man respond in Oklahoman accent �You�re the psychiatrist you tell me� �People get confused about psychiatrists Mr. Marriott. No one can tell you how to run your life�now lets try again.�
00:05:28:02 CU man with pensive expression wearing Malcolm X glasses lights up cigarette.
00:05:49:14 POV CU shot of poker hand in cards with royal flush, hand lowers cards to show woman in glasses looking down at hand; camera pans to man smoking cigar laughing.
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- CU man lying awake in bed.
00:06:44:07 CU man speaks to psychiatrist with back of psychiatrists head in frame. Patient says �I can�t even remember when I cared about anything.�
Psychiatrist �But back when you were a boy though� Patient looks up to remember something �Oh then�yes things were different. So damn different.�
00:07:09:08 Father and son hunting in field together in Oklahoma uplands.
00:07:15:05 Boy lying in row boat, smiling, with fishing pole between his toes.
00:07:18:26 Saw sawing 4x8 piece of wood.
00:07:29:26 CU hand cocking shotgun.
00:07:33:00 CU man 1960s glasses puts cigarette in mouth and lights it.
00:08:16:16 Man gets up out of seat and asks psychiatrist �Doctor, this whole business has me all upset. Can you prescribe something for me? A tranquilizer perhaps?�
00:11:03:12 VS father and son skipping stones on pond; boy falls into pond.
00:14:25:00 Woman cries on couch with two dollar bill crumpled in her hand.
00:15:07:00 Chubby 1950s to 1960s with crumbs all over her chest eating crackers; audio track �sloppy as she was what kind of home would she keep?�
00:15:18:13 CU man kissing on attractive woman's neck; audio track narration �Barbara was the hottest date in town, too hot to make the right wife for a respectable man.�
00:15:26:06 MS woman in fancy jewelry and fur lined coat; audio track �Judy, she looked like a million dollars, spent money that way too.�
00:15:33:23 LS woman speaking at protest rally with picketers; audio track �Winifred had ideas. Ideas so far out, they scared a man.�
00:15:42:20 MS psychiatrist standing speaks down to patient with cigarette in hand �sloppiness, passion, extravagance, non-conformity, traits like that never did rank very high in your book, did they?�
00:16:00:16 CU man�s eyes looking out through 1960s style Malcolm X glasses.
00:17:19:00 Boy in pajamas jumps into bed between parents.
00:19:14:26 VS Drunk husband embarrasses his wife in front of her guest; audio track �a loud man, a harsh man, an aggressive man, he shaved when he felt like it, if he felt like it.�
00:20:07:27 Mother and daughter walk down stairs, husband runs up steps and grabs wife, wife resists, the tow begin to fight; zoom in CU daughter�s upset face as she watches parents fight.
00:22:13:10 CU man in robe approaches wife, woman responds �Not tonight, Hugh, I have an awful headache, I mean it, Hugh� Husband reacts: �Relax honey everything is going to be alright�
CU woman's nervous eyes; CU man moves in to kiss wife; fadeout to next morning husband enters kitchen whistling and wife grabs husband and passionately kisses him.
00:22:54:28 Father and son play catch on lawn of suburban home.
00:23:00:12 Dad with fishing net instructing son with fishing pole.
00:23:06:13 Father and son eating popcorn in movie theatre.
00:26:17:05 Man walks out of doctor's office, pauses for a moment and lights up a cigarette; walks into elevator, smiles at a woman; CU man facing camera smiling as elevator door closes.