Citizen Yuppie (1987)

Citizen Yuppie is a 1minute long short film directed by noted film critic Roger Ebert originally shown alongside his partner Gene Siskels short film A Confessional Documentary on the 1987 broadcast of their annual Holiday Gift Guide program It was shot entirely on a thennew Fisher Price PixelVision PXL2000 lowfidelity camcorder in monochrome on compact audio cassette inspiring Richard Linklater to utilize the same technique in his 1991 feature SLACKER The film recontextualizes Citizen Kane to provide some selfreflexive commentary on the filmmakers status in the world