Waydowntown

Quirky, original, and often very funny, writer/director Gary Burns' quasi-surrealist take on urban angst takes off from an interesting factoid — in some cities, sufficiently large areas of apartment complexes, stores, and office buildings are interconnected via enclosed walkways that it's possible to spend your entire life without ever going outside or breathing fresh air. When the film opens — which is set in Calgary, but could just as well be Minneapolis or any number of other cities with similar downtowns — four office workers (exactly what the large company they work for does is, drolly, never revealed) are in day 24 of a bet to see who can stay indoors ...