Four independent short films comprise this quirky anthology. "Coriolis Effect" (1994) is an offbeat love story involving storm chasers. In the Oscar-nominated "Solly's Diner" (1979), a homeless man (Larry Hankin, who also directs) witnesses a holdup. "Looping" (1991) satirizes independent moviemaking. And the dialogue-free "Joe" (1997) features David Aaron Baker as a psychiatric patient searching for enlightenment.
Roger Paradiso, Larry Hankin, Louis Venosta, Sasha Wolf
Director
Dana Ashbrook
Ray (The Coriolis Effect)
Corinne Bohrer
Suzy (The Coriolis Effect)
David Patch
Terry (The Coriolis Effect)
Jennifer Rubin
Ruby (The Coriolis Effect)
Quentin Tarantino
Panhandle Slim (voice) (The Coriolis Effect)
James Wilder
Stanley (The Coriolis Effect)
Ruth Silveira
Waitress (Solly's Diner)
Paul Willson
Drunk (Solly's Diner)
Larry Hankin
Sometimes Jones (Solly's Diner)
Roger Bowen
Businessman (Solly's Diner)
Thomas Brunelle
Solly (Solly's Diner)
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