deadCENTER Film Festival 2008

Holed up in his cramped studio apartment and surviving on a diet of cocktail weenies and Ritz beer, legendary inventor Gustav Braustache has churned out a steady stream of devices ranging from the popular Wide-Coverage Beer and Beverage Dispenser to the little-understood-yet-still-quite-popular Position-Despecifier (for park and zoo use). Not one for managing the mundane details of daily life, however, Braustache has neglected to pay rent for thirty-four years. Just long enough, it seems, to have caught the attention of lethargic apartment manager Barry Lavon Bugov. When their worlds collide, the two men are launched on a surreal and comedic journey. In the end, a valuable lesson is learned about intellectual property rights, Auto-Debilitators, and nipping Salamander infestations in the bud.