Synopsis

 

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MODERN MAN tells the story of one man’s search for meaning in 27 parts.

 

PART 1:

The man lives alone on a large estate. He cleans the pool.

 

PART 2:

He sweeps the tennis court.

 

PART 3:

He repairs lighting fixtures, and arranges the trash cans. He gathers a collection of small rocks. He places them on a slate fragment and positions them around a lamppost.

 

PART 4:

He plays with a stray tennis ball. He stomps on a tangled garden hose.

 

PART 5:

He knocks a greenhouse thermometer off its hook.

 

PART 6:

He ascends a large tree and stands on one of its perches. He raises his arms to the sky.

 

PART 7:

He moves a ceramic frog.

 

PART 8:

He moves a ladder.

 

PART 9:

He invents a game with rocks.

 

PART 10:

He wraps a globe with duct tape.

 

PART 11:

He engages with a tennis ball machine.

 

PART 12:

He soothes his skin with leaves.

 

PART 13:

He picks up tennis balls.

 

PART 14:

He balances the ladder.

 

PART 15:

He runs around the yard and sticks his head through a tire.

 

PART 16:

He caresses an orchid.

 

PART 17:

He exercises.

 

PART 18:

He spends the night staring into glowing lampposts.

 

PART 20:

He waters the garden.

 

PART 21

He digs a hole in the ground and unearths a fragment of petrified wood.

 

PART 22:

He studies the dirt-covered artifact.

 

PART 23:

He eats an apple.

 

PART 24:

He fills the hole in the ground.

 

PART 25:

He inspects pool cleaning equipment.

 

PART 26:

He disappears, leaving only the landscape.

 

PART 27:

He goes into his house and finds a wall of photographs. The man sees a picture of himself as a child. He removes it from the wall, wraps it in cloth, and buries it in a trunk. Subsequently, the man resumes work and play.

 

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