Sci-Fi Short Film "Midnight Marathon" | DUST

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When the whole world is hypnotized by an unexplained celestial event, a young boy must face his fear of the unknown in order to keep his brother and best friend from turning to the other side.

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"Midnight Marathon" by Jonah Haber & Stefan Vucic

Director's Statement:
"Inspired by the movies our parents showed us (80s Spielberg, The Iron Giant, etc), Stefan (the writer) and I wanted to make a coming of age story that mirrored some of our experiences growing up in a film that we might have watched during that stage in our lives." - Jonah Haber

Director's Links:
http://www.jonahhaber.com
http://www.instagram.com/midnightmara...

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An engineer, a mathematician, and a physicist

An engineer, a mathematician, and a physicist went to the races one Saturday and laid their money down. Commiserating in the bar after the race, the engineer says, "I don't understand why I lost all my money. I measured all the horses and calculated their strength and mechanical advantage and figured out how fast they could run..."

The physicist interrupted him: "...but you didn't take individual variations into account. I did a statistical analysis of their previous performances and bet on the horses with the highest probability of winning..." "...so if you're so hot why are you broke?" asked the engineer.

But before the argument can grow, the mathematician takes out his pipe and they get a glimpse of his well-fattened wallet. Obviously here was a man who knows something about horses. They both demanded to know his secret. "Well," he says, between puffs on the pipe, "first I assumed all the horses were identical and spherical...