David Peters has been unemployed for months. The former brilliant marketing guy is caught in a relentless downward spiral; he's been wearing the same T-shirt for weeks. His lawn looks like a hayfield, the car is belching blue smoke, and his wife is ready to kill him. He's convinced the government is behind it all.

Tired of pointless job interviews, David divides his time between coffee at a local diner and do-it-yourself science explorations. During one of these explorations David devises a new twist on time-lapse photography, revealing secret patterns of behavior in everyday life. He...

David Peters has been unemployed for months. The former brilliant marketing guy is caught in a relentless downward spiral; he's been wearing the same T-shirt for weeks. His lawn looks like a hayfield, the car is belching blue smoke, and his wife is ready to kill him. He's convinced the government is behind it all.

Tired of pointless job interviews, David divides his time between coffee at a local diner and do-it-yourself science explorations. During one of these explorations David devises a new twist on time-lapse photography, revealing secret patterns of behavior in everyday life. He...