“You’re brewin’ a poisonous batch. This thing is bigger than both of us.”
“A detective investigates a monkey who is suspected of murder” is the simple logline for David Lynch‘s new short film What Did Jack Do?, and we suspect that’s all you need to know.
Released totally by surprise this morning, the 17-minute short film stars Lynch as the detective, and a real monkey as, well, the monkey who’s suspected of murder. Of course, this being a David Lynch movie and all, the monkey talks in a highly disturbing human-like voice and the whole thing was filmed in black & white, giving the oddball gem the feel of a film noir.
And yes, of course the murder monkey breaks into song at one point. Of. Course.
Today, January 20th, is actually David Lynch’s birthday, and what better way to celebrate than by watching his latest gift to all of us? You’ll find it only over on Netflix, right now.
Click here to watch What Did Jack Do? at your earliest convenience.