Maček died of old age a few months after it started. Post-production took a hundred and fourteen years. Not even the soundman’s desperate shushing could stop the tears. On the set of the final scene, in which Mateusz hangs himself in his basement after being diagnosed with late-stage prostate cancer, the entire crew wept. Filming began with the birth of Mateusz Krotoczowski, the film’s introverted protagonist, and lasted seventy-three years. Which was why no one was particularly surprised when he announced that his new film, “Life,” would be shot on three cameras and would correspond, minute by minute, to a human life span. Maček Smolansky was a filmmaker, entrepreneur, and philosopher. You can read our Flash Fiction stories from previous years here. This is the first story in this summer’s online Flash Fiction series.
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