http://www.vimeo.com/6119911

Newcomb plays the role of presenter, apparently relishing the uncomfortable situation in which he is placing the audience, but he always makes sure that they understand the stunt at the end. When the presenter finally worries about the uselessness of his life and that fact that he will see only his socks at the foot of the bed when he dies, end credits begin to roll on the screen behind him. The audience generally pauses, trying to “reverse engineer everything they’ve seen for 10 or 15 seconds” before they figure out just what it is they have been watching.

“This has now been stamped as fiction,” says Newcomb, adding that the audience is most often “incredibly relieved” that the demo wasn’t real. It’s uncomfortable to watch someone experience such a crisis right in front of you, and in a public setting, especially someone who appears to be a “genuinely tortured” person. The reveal therefore comes as something of a relief; Newcomb describes it as “people stepping off a roller coaster,” and he hopes that they enjoyed the ride.

http://www.lumalin.com/lumalin_films/last_lecture.php