First film · PXL-2000 · shot in one day
Seize the Day
Written, shot, acted and edited by Matt Sesow alone in his Adams Morgan apartment on a single day, Friday, April 23, 1993. He plays all three characters.
In his words
"seize the day" was matt's first attempt at using a pxl2000 camera. it was written, filmed and edited in one day. matt plays all three characters in the film... he also wrote and did all the camera work.... including the editing. did the entire thing alone in his apartment ... in adams morgan (washington, dc)
"seize the day" is the story of dicky boy and ski mask man -- their interactions, dicky boy's sorrow over a lost bike, his self pity, and the eventual demise of dicky boy. it tells the tale of how one man's trash is another's treasure... how things aren't always as they appear... don't feel sorry for yourself, seize the day!
i like to characterize "seize the day" and "the box" as conversations with myself. they weren't intended for others to see, but are rather an examination of my own condition. i suppose i was thinking a little of kafka and little of david lynch when i made "the box" and "seize the day"... they are my favorites, and highly personal. i don't expect everyone (maybe anyone) to understand fully what is being communicated with these films... they are diary entries to myself.
Credits
- Written, directed, shot, edited
- Matt Sesow
- Cast
- Matt Sesow (Dicky Boy, Ski Mask Man and a third character)
- End card
- "Shot entirely on April 23, 1993 — using PXL2000 camera (thanks David Kalat)"
Festivals and screenings
- 4th place, 1993 Washington Psychotronic film competition — "tallying a perfect 10 from one of the celebrity judges" (Matt's 1990s filmography). Matt has the scorecard and will scan it.
- Shown in the Washington Psychotronic Film Society exhibition, 1994 (sesow.com press page).
Notes
- April 23, 1993 was a Friday; Matt thinks it was probably a day off from his job at IBM.
- Re-edited in May 1997 (file date on the original Macintosh drive).
On the timeline
- 1995 — First short film "Seize the Day" completed (1993). Created multiple experimental short films during the 1990s alongside early painting development. Films shown …
- 1993 — Short films shown at Psychotronic Film Festival, Finalist, Washington, DC (1993 and 1994)
- 1993 — Several of the experimental shorts made in this period were shot on the Fisher-Price PXL-2000 — a discontinued toy camcorder that recorded low-resolution …
Cite this page: “Seize the Day,” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, history.sesow.com/films/1993-seize-the-day.html (updated 2026-10-16). Films © Matt Sesow. Sources: Matt Sesow’s 1990s filmography notes and scripts, the films’ title and end cards, and Matt Sesow’s own answers (October 2026). Do you have a flyer, listing or photo from a screening? sesow@sesow.com