Only somebody who truly loves smoking could have directed the surreally grotesque short film Poster Boy, which is about the perils of maintaining the habit. In this nearly dialogue-free movie, filmmaker Waylon Bacon charts the course of an unlikely media celebrity, a nicotine addict whose lower jaw falls off from excessive puffing. After spotting his new deformity, anti-smoking zealots pursue him to be, well, their campaign’s new poster boy. Bacon crams a lot of humor, inventive special effects and a zippy soundtrack into this great 8-minute film.

I previously posted up Poster Boy a few years ago, but Bacon recently uploaded this sharper version, so I thought I’d spotlight it again since it’s so much dang fun. When Poster Boy’s jaw drops — literally — you want to see that in the best quality, highest res video possible.

Bacon is also going to release Poster Boy and several of his other shorts on a new DVD that will be out in a few months. The disc will also have several bonus features, including a documentary on how the filmmaker does all those wonderful effects on the cheap.

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