David Lynch released a short film on his 74th birthday titled “What Did Jack Do?” In the Netflix short, the master of the surreal interrogates a talking monkey that may have committed murder.
The 17-minute short “What Did Jack Do?” — which Lynch wrote, directed and edited — was posted to the streamer without advance notice on Monday, and you can watch it now. It’s a goofy take on an old fashioned film noir, shot all in black and white, with Lynch himself playing a detective who grills a monkey wearing a raincoat, suit and tie.
It’s a riot from the first moment and is even funnier once the monkey named Jack opens its mouth to defend itself, a human’s lips crudely superimposed onto the monkey’s face as it speaks in a robotic tone of voice.