My money's on Lumb

Money makes the world go round in Lumb's The Loop

Years ago I read some research that appeared to prove that there was absolutely no correlation between intelligence and wealth. In other words, the ability to earn money appeared, at least to this researcher, as innate as say the ability to run fast, or jump high.

I have no idea whether director Daniel Lumb had this research in mind when he came to make his excellent short film The Loop, but he certainly treats his thieving, drug dealing central protagonist as if he were an athlete readying himself for some crucial Olympic event.

Moving between black and white and colour, the criminal explains that his one and only purpose is to make money, and then goes on to explain than anything else - art, culture, politics, even love - must be regarded as at best distractions and at worst hostile obstacles. I hope that when Lumb finally gets the financial backing he so clearly deserves, he continues for at least one more movie to pursue this theme.