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The Kangaroo Communiqué

format:	(work in progress) Digital Video
logline:	Based on a short story by Haruki Murakami, a department stroe clerk gives a letter of complaint special attenion.
synopsis:	The story is narrated by a man who answers letters of complaint in a department store. One letter in particular moves him to send a long message back explaining that her complaint has been denyed, but that he has been deeply touched by her. His explaination includes a description of a trip to the zoo, a made-up tale about the "sandman," and a recorded message which he confesses that he made sitting right outside her door!
production notes:	What is presented here is basically the first Act of the story, which involves a trip to the zoo to ponder the strange existence of Kangaroos. For this scene, I built a miniature zoo and captured some wild life photgraphy right in my own apartment.