Pawn -2020-2020 May 2026

The protagonist, (a deliberate echo of both chess pawns and Raymond Chandler’s detectives), is not a hero. He is a passive piece. As the world outside his shop descends into lockdowns, supply shortages, and a blur of screens, Marlow becomes the reluctant archivist of a collective meltdown.

Runtime: 72 minutes (one minute for each week of the loop). Pawn -2020-2020

He walks away into falling snow. The camera lingers on the door. Then, without warning, the date on the screen reverts to January 1, 2020. The protagonist, (a deliberate echo of both chess

The dash was never a duration. It was a loop. and a blur of screens