Film Short

Simpler Search Productions

2007

5 Minutes

Peter Tombrowski: Director/Editor/Cinematographer/Producer/Sound/Sound Designer

The short documentary gives back to its audience by succinctly showcasing our own fall backs. As you watch Tombrowski suit up his ‘jogger’ that he loads up his kids in, and then the groceries afterwards, you can’t help but follow your own trip of grocery store travel. More often than not we are on our last legs, chasing the clock to the grocery store, whipping around it and grabbing at random, charging to the checkout to wait a solid fifteen minutes in line ups as people lazily watch the clerk fill their groceries into bags (how pathetic have we become that we can’t assist in this regard?) and then stomping off to our perfectly climatized vehicle to battle traffic. It seems over stressed and over self important, and yet we feel compelled to do this on a regular basis. Without preachy narrative or over examined subject matter,

Tombrowski’s first film Going To Ikea And Costco Without A Car seems to show a less complicated, more thought out and easily accessible way of living in the concrete jungle.  I found the film interesting, efficient in explanation and retrospective. Well worth the five minute viewing if you can find the film to watch! Check out Tombrowski’s book Urban Camping and info about Going To Ikea and Costco Without A Car on his website at: www.urbancamping.ca