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Nick Monroy - Thomas Zona Jr. - Luis Monroy - Dir. by Joe Zona
Synopsis

Dean (Nick Monroy) works behind stacks of papers under the incessant buzz of fluorescent lights. His boss (Luis Monroy) hands him a business card that reads: "Overtime Required. Mandatory." The end of the day comes and Dean solemnly moves out from behind his desk: "Working here is about absolute efficiency, there is no excuse for lacking it," he narrates. This becomes gravely important when, after missing an appointment the following day he finds his car missing among other things, and gradually realizes that he isn’t just out of a job.

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Philosophy

Someone's Appointment is rooted in my first experience of working in an office environment. Working in a cubicle, somehow there was a sense of impending urgency. Under everything there seemed to be an implication that things need to get done because you’re replaceable, expendable, and that to keep your position you need to work harder and push yourself further than anyone else. You are replaceable, but if you don't work you'll have no money and therefore no house, car, clothes or, barring family, identity in society. In the movie Dean is unable to work the way he should. He keeps failing to meet an appointment. His boss mandated that he do something, he couldn’t do his duty, and therefore consequences are paid.