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OPEN ON A TEEN BOY'S BEDROOM. IT IS SHOT IN TIME-LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY. WE SEE THE TEEN COMING AND GOING OVER THE SPACE OF MANY DAYS. EVERY TIME HE COMES INTO THE ROOM, HE BRINGS A BAG OF MARIJUANA AND STARTS TO BUILD A COCOON OUT OF IT. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING FROM THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL OF A CATERPILLAR BUILDING A COCOON. WHEN IT'S FINALLY DONE, THE TEEN CLIMBS INSIDE IT. WE SEE THE PASSAGE OF TIME AS IT GETS DARK AND THEN LIGHT AGAIN IN THE BOY'S ROOM MANY TIMES. WE SEE THE COCOON CHANGE SHAPE AS IT MOVES AND STRETCHES SLIGHTLY LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON INSIDE. FINALLY, THE COCOON CRACKS, AND WE SEE A PAUNCHY, MIDDLE-AGED MAN COME OUT. WE SEE HIM LOOK AT HIMSELF IN THE MIRROR DISAPPOINTEDLY, AS WE HEAR HIS MOTHER YELL AT HIM FROM UPSTAIRS.
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