Directed by Chris Capel
Remember that HBO series Project Greenlight? The one where Ben Affleck and Matt Damon tried to give aspiring filmmakers their big Hollywood break and the chance to direct a Miramax produced feature film? No? I’m not surprised as none of those chosen few really made a splash. However, one of the finalists of season 4 (really, they had 4 seasons?!), Chris Capel made a splash with me when I first saw his 2013 short film Living with Jigsaw.
The ultra-lean film posits what it would be like to live with Billy, the Jigsaw puppet (usually just referred to as Jigsaw), the tricycle riding rosy-cheeked doll from the horror franchise Saw. In just under 3 minutes, Capel turned the Saw franchise into a pitch-perfect comedy.
As if having Jigsaw for a roommate wasn’t bad enough, in his follow up short Working With Jigsaw, Capel takes it to hilarious new heights as Jigsaw gets a job and tortures his coworkers…it’s a fate worse than death!