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The Man Who Wanted To Move Out To The Moon: But I Digress a film song

4 min 40s · 2025 · Experimental

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It is a story where I use the lyrics from my song 'But I Digress' as an abstract script for my short film. I also was using a book called The Man Who, which was full of titles over the years and whilst it didnt have that title it inspired this story.

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    Glasgow · £18 now (late rate) direct, or US$25 via FilmFreeway; waived for single entries from the least developed countries · up to 40 min

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