Rubber Johnny was directed by Chris Cunningham in 2005. It was used as a music video for the apex twin’s song “afx237 v7”. The film is about a disabled boy who is in a wheelchair locked in a room with his dog who then morphs into a “raver”. It is a trance track and themes of drugs are shown within the video where we see Johnny snort a white powder.
The name rubber Johnny is taken from the British slang that means condom, this is appropriate because the characters skin is like elastic. Towards the end of the video when the character is slamming his face against the glass, and it bounces back to its original form, we get the idea that he is made out of elastic.
Rubber Johnny is quite a weird short film, as it doesn’t really make sense and the audience doesn’t always know what is happening. We get the feeling that the character isn’t very loved as he is locked in a room and we see someone shouting at him.
Rubber Johnny was released on DVD and has its own website, this is rare for a short film, it was used originally as a music video but the director then decided to extend it into a longer film making it roughly 6 minutes long.
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