A quirky, playful look into the mind of a man who looks at the world just a wee bit differently than everyone else. Quite simply, Wilcox is a great documentary subject—a man who crafts odd doohickeys and thingamabobs with an energy that might seem crazy if it wasn’t so infectious. Granted this may not be the deepest cinematic experience in the world, but it’s just so much damn fun—7 minutes of unadulterated joy in the visual form.

There’s a stereotype of the madcap inventor in popular culture and Dominic Wilcox doesn’t fit it in the slightest. He doesn’t wear a lab coat and doesn’t have wild hair (actually, he’s bald). This visual contrast between such a seemingly “normal” guy and the zany products in which he creates is somewhat fascinating. Granted, Wilcox’s creations might not exactly be useful in a practical sense, but they’re the type of thing guaranteed to make you smile—a sort of “smart-dumb” that essentially works like prop-comedy.

watch the video here.

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