The Importance of Being Idle

Several ides with a similar theme for a possible movie script for youth group.
The Importance of Being Idle

Idea: A series of interconnected vignettes about a group of people who live in the world where everything has to be faster quicker and more efficient. Everything has to be done yesterday. They are all unhappy and unsatisfied with their lives but they have no idea why or how to fix it.

1) They all meet a homeless man on the street that gives them a business card with a phone number. He promises them that if they call they won’t regret it. After calling each person is directed to an ordinary looking business where inside is a secretary with a desk a phone and nothing else. She directs them into a room and when they come out they have a smile on their face and their lives change. (Defiantly more on the “weird” side. Not a big fan but could be interesting)

2) They all are in someway connected to a young man who spends hours staring at the stars at night and his days wandering around town enjoying all the unique and hidden aspects of life people don’t slow down to see.

3) The same day is shown for several of these people, how stressed and rushed and unhappy they are, and how they try and fill that void. A tragedy, or event of some kind (impending Armageddon ??? death??? Terrorists???) Forces them to shift and change their perceptions of life and teaches them the value of slowing down and the unexpected consequences of our now now now society.