The Primal Need for a New York Hot Dog

 The movie 'Fear and Shame' is a 3-minute-long movie directed by Vikram Gandhi and produced by Dorenna Newton. The main cast displays Robert Pattinson playing himself, Vikram Gandhi as the hot dog man, and Aleah Quinones as the gossiping passerby. The movie is set in New York, and the plot takes us on a walk through Pattinson's mind as he craves a New York hot dog. 
The entirety of the movie follows a cold colour theme, probably to give the reader a peek into the mindset of the character, Robert Pattinson, as he navigates through the seemingly simple and mundane task of buying himself a hot dog. The movie starts off by introducing the viewer to the many 'voices' in Robert's head as they battle with each other. Realising that hunger has made him quite literally lose his mind, he decides to buy himself a hot dog. The director shows the audience the adverse effect that paparazzi tends to have on the famed. He shows how every decision of Robert's is micromanaged and judged to the point where even buying a basic human necessity is like navigating through a war field. 

It is interesting how the hotel room that the actor lays in is otherwise featureless and dull, but for a rhinoceros sculpture near his couch. This tends to give the viewer an idea of the kind of grief and random confusion that probably fogged the character's mind. 

"This city...this city is a labyrinth designed to mock me", said one of the many voices in Robert Pattinson's head as he looked out the window. As often occurs in cases of excruciating loneliness and depression, the character starts to feel like the only purpose of everything around him, even a 400-year-old city, is to make his life harder than it already is. 

He feels trapped, perhaps not only in his hotel room, perhaps not only because of the watchful lenses outside, but in his own mind and by his own thoughts. He wants to be "let out", but that is easier said than done, isn't it?

The simple lighting of a match momentarily silences the voices in his head, enough to give him time to lay out his course of action. How often does a flare of pain hurt just enough for him to stop hurting? 
Walking into the vibrant city of New York, the city that never sleeps, Robert describes his journey through the street as the "walk of shame", although, as a viewer, you'll soon come to see if that is reflected on the faces of the pedestrians too. 

Pushing himself to finally find the mystery hot dog seller, he ends his painful pursuit at the hot dog stand. The colour theme suddenly shifts its side on the spectrum to match the joy Robert feels. Although, as he blissfully bites into his delicious-looking hot dog, we are finally told what his pursuit was truly for, why buying a mere hot dog brought on both 'Fear and Shame'.
Now as a well informed viewer, ask yourself - Why did Robert Pattinson desperately need a New York Hot Dog?