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Preston Dirges

Somewhere along the way, Preston Dirges forgot who he was. There was a time before the Kafkaesque nightmare of work, and there will be a time after. But between 9 to 5, he is its prisoner.

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Preston Dirges and the Lust for Audit

April 15, 2012 Eric Priezkalns 0

Montage: INT. DESERTED OFFICE FLOOR – DAY Preston walks, flanked by Valerie and Gordon. Music starts: “Lust for Life” by Iggy Pop. Thimbleby looks up from the files, finishes the last bite of his sandwich, […]

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Preston Dirges and the Lunchtime of the Soul

April 7, 2012 Eric Priezkalns 0

Int. Office Canteen – Day Gordon and Tina sit at a table, facing each other and chatting as they eat. Preston leads Valerie across the canteen to join them, carrying their trays of food. Preston […]

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Commencing the Audit of Preston Dirges

April 1, 2012 Eric Priezkalns 0

Int. Deserted Office Floor – Day THIMBLEBY (O.S.): Preston? Thimbleby is round the corner from the meeting cubicles, sat at a small round table in front of Preston’s desk. He keeps drumming his fingers on […]

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Preston Dirges Takes Valerie Into Space

March 18, 2012 Eric Priezkalns 0

Int. Deserted Office Floor – Day Preston opens a door and leads Valerie on to the first floor of the building. It is seemingly deserted. There is no office furniture, only indents in the carpet […]

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Preston Dirges: Gordon and Tina

March 11, 2012 Eric Priezkalns 0

Deep in the basement of Preston Dirges’ office lurks the Business Intelligence team, two people who can afford to spend the day talking to each other, because nobody else talks to them… Int. Windowless Basement […]

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Preston Dirges Doubles His Empire

March 4, 2012 Eric Priezkalns 0

Int. Open-Plan Office – Day Preston knocks on the door of David Rubnick’s office, then opens it without waiting to be asked. Rubnick is staring out of the window, drinking his mug of coffee. RUBNICK: […]

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Preston Dirges and New Beginnings

February 26, 2012 Eric Priezkalns 0

Int. Bedroom – Morning An alarm clock buzzes. It is 7am. PRESTON (V.O.): 1. Alarm clock. Wake. Set it back 5 minutes. Sleep 5 minutes. Wake. Set it back 5 minutes. Sleep 5 minutes. Get […]

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Preston Dirges and the Infinite Everythink

January 21, 2012 Eric Priezkalns 0

Orwell was a pussy. Anybody could manage doublethink. A politician, a Nazi soldier, a customer services representative, a spouse. They all engage in doublethink as a matter of course. At some time approximately halfway through […]

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New Year’s Dissolution

January 9, 2011 Eric Priezkalns 0

Twelvemonth had elapsed since the last arbitrary annual signifier of time’s passing. It was the first workday of the year. Preston was back at his desk. He stared at the opaque screen that separated his […]

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Desks and the Diseased Mind of Preston Dirges

September 27, 2010 Eric Priezkalns 0

Preston Dirges sloped into the shapeless beige office building, basked in the piercing rays of the morning sun. His mood absorbed that light, chewed it and spat it out a denuded grey. Preston considered himself […]

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