This film transforms the simple act of solving a Captcha into an epic spiritual journey. What inspired you to elevate such a mundane moment into something so mythic and profound?
Actually I do that all the time. It drives my girl crazy. Why can't we just have a cup of coffee! Honestly, it started as a joke—I was just frustrated trying to prove I wasn't a robot for the tenth time that day. And that's when it hit me: Captchas are like these odd little gatekeepers between the digital world and our human identity. That sparked the idea—what if failing or passing a Captcha wasn't just a tech hiccup, but a Job-esque test of the soul? From there, it snowballed into something deeper: how do we prove our humanity in a world that increasingly questions it? Elevating that moment felt natural once I leaned into the absurdity—and the existential truth hiding underneath.
Is the Captcha a metaphor for something deeper in your writing—perhaps the invisible barriers we all face in daily life?
Absolutely. The Captcha represents all the tiny tests we face every day: the little doubts, the imposter syndrome, the need to constantly prove our worth—to ourselves, to others, to society. It's that feeling of being seen but not recognized, like shouting "I'm alive and kicking" into a void and getting no response. In the film, that split-second interaction with a machine becomes a stand-in for every unseen struggle people go through just to feel acknowledged. It's mundane, but it's also universal—and that's where the metaphor really lives.
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