From Successful Short to Depression to Finishing the Feature 6 Years Later: 'The Master Cleanse'

A movie about a man impregnating a shower gets the short-to-feature treatment. Here's how it all went down.

Writer/director/actor Bobby Miller burst onto the scene with his short film TUB, which was an official selection in 2010 of both Sundance and SXSW. The short's synopsis is self-explanatory: "Paul jerked off in the shower. Paul just impregnated his bath tub." If that description makes you think, "Okay but that should really be a feature-length story," you aren't the only one. Following the success of his short, Bobby began developing it into a feature.

The Master Cleanse premiered at SXSW 2016, six years following TUB. It's a spiritual successor to the short, but not specifically an adaptation; Bobby reaches into the same bag of trips for practical creature effects, with some of the same story beats and structure, while also transitioning into a more serious tone, befitting a feature-length narrative.

No Film School spoke with Miller via email about the six-year story of how he got The Master Cleanse made. But first, watch the short:

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