RECORD 002 / CASE ENTRY
TEMPORAL REFERENCE: 00:60:00
OBSERVATION STATUS: ANOMALOUS PREMISE
ONE HOUR OCCURS TWICE. EVERY CLOCK RECORDS IT AS ONCE.
A restrained investigation into public time, private memory, and the institutional machinery that decides what counts as evidence. The preparation is now part of that record.
EVIDENCE SOURCE: PUBLIC TIMEKEEPING RECORD / DEVELOPMENT RECORD / UNDER REVIEW
DISCREPANCY LOGGED 03:17:44
UNDER REVIEW
RECORD 003 / PROTOCOL METHOD
THEY WILL NOT SAY WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
SO THEY BUILT AN INVESTIGATION INSTEAD.
A CASE FILE.
AN EVIDENCE BOARD.
A FEDERAL BILL.
A LIVE FEED FROM A SECOND STATE.
THE DESIGN OF THE EXPERIMENT ITSELF.
ALL OF IT IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY ONE HOUR IN A ROOM — AND TO RECORD HOW THE ROOM CAME TO EXIST.
METHODOLOGY STATUS: EXPERIMENT AND RECORD CO-EVOLVING
THE MISSING HOUR
AN INVESTIGATION INTO TIME
A LIVING DOCUMENTARY EXPERIMENT
NOVEMBER 1, 2026
RECORD 004
RECORD 005 / ARCHIVE EVIDENCE
DOCUMENT STATUS: PUBLIC / PARTIAL
THE RECORD DOES NOT FAIL. IT CORRECTS ITSELF.
FIELD 04 / CLOCK TOWER LOG 11:59:58 → 12:00:01
FIELD 07 / TRANSIT CAMERA [ REDACTED ]
FIELD 11 / WITNESS MEMORY INCONCLUSIVE
OBSERVATION STATUS: FIELD SEQUENCE REPEATS WITHOUT SOURCE
RECORD 006 / TEMPORAL REFERENCE
OBSERVATION STATUS: TEMPORAL INTEGRITY COMPROMISED
11:59:59 / 12:00:00 / 12:00:01 / 11:59:59
THE HOUR RETURNS AS NOISE.
12:03:14 / 12:03:14 / 12:03:13 / FIELD COLLISION
CAMERA A: FRAME DUPLICATES AT SECOND 3721
CAMERA B: OPERATOR LOG BEGINS ONE HOUR LATE
CLOCK TOWER: HANDS ADVANCE WITHOUT MOTION BLUR
RECORD 007 / SUBJECT INDEX
CASE THREADS / THREE ACTIVE ACCOUNTS
THE PEOPLE WHO REMEMBER IT CANNOT AGREE ON WHEN IT HAPPENED.
SUBJECT 01 MUNICIPAL TIMEKEEPER CLAIMS THE CLOCK DID NOT MOVE
SUBJECT 02 TRANSIT OPERATOR ARRIVED BEFORE DEPARTURE
SUBJECT 03 NIGHT DISPATCH FILED A REPORT WITH NO AUTHOR
IDENTITIES HELD / EVIDENCE UNDER LEGAL REVIEW
REDACTED / LEGAL
RECORD 008 / OBSERVATIONAL APPROACH
PROTOCOL: STATIC / PROCEDURAL / NON-EXPLANATORY
NO REENACTMENTS. NO EASY ANSWERS. NO VOICE OF GOD.
The film uses records, clocks, municipal spaces and fractured testimony as evidence. Suspense comes from procedure, not spectacle.
STATIC FRAMES
ARCHIVAL GRAIN
DRY TESTIMONY
CONTROLLED ABSENCE
RECORD 009 / ROOM PROTOCOL
THE WORLD COMES TO HIM.
THE ROOM EXISTS BEFORE THE SUBJECT ARRIVES.
THE CAMERAS BEGIN BEFORE CHRIS ENTERS.
THE CLOCKS ARE CROSS-REFERENCED BEFORE THE HOUR REPEATS.
NOTHING IS REPEATED ON PURPOSE.
OUTSIDE EVENTS ENTER ONLY THROUGH MEDIA AND FIELD FEEDS.
EVERY INTERRUPTION BECOMES EVIDENCE.
THE ROOM IS BECOMING PART OF THE EVIDENCE.
FIELD FEED: ARIZONA / LIVE STANDBY
OBSERVATION STATUS: TEMPORAL FIELD OFFICE ACTIVE
RECORD 010 / PRODUCTION EVIDENCE
OBSERVATION STATUS: RECURSIVE
THE DOCUMENTARY HAS ALREADY STARTED.
Every attempt to understand the missing hour creates another record. The pitch deck. The field research. The production meetings. The search for the room. The debate over recording one hour or two. The Arizona discovery. The cameras preparing to document cameras. Production decisions, unresolved questions, failed assumptions and discoveries may enter the finished film when they reveal how the investigation evolved.
THE FILM DOCUMENTS AN EXPERIMENT. THE EXPERIMENT DOCUMENTS THE FILM.
THE PROCESS IS NOW EVIDENCE.
CAMERA TEST / ROOM PREP / FEED WITHIN FEED
REC
DECK PAGE / RECORD DRAFT
ROOM SEARCH / CONTROLLED LAYOUT
QUESTION: ONE HOUR OR TWO?
PROTOCOL NOTE: THE FILM IS INCREASINGLY AWARE OF ITS OWN CONSTRUCTION
WHO TAKES
AN HOUR TWICE
A YEAR?
AND WHY HAVE WE ALL AGREED TO LET IT HAPPEN?
CASE STATUS
ACTIVE
RECORD 011 / CASE QUESTION
BOULDER, COLORADO / 01:58:44 MST
A FILM EXACTLY ONE HOUR LONG
60 MINUTES
TWO OCCURRENCES OF THE SAME HOUR
APPROXIMATELY 120 CHRONOLOGICAL MINUTES ENTER THE PRODUCTION RECORD.
WE RECORD THE SAME HOUR TWICE.
THE FINISHED FEATURE LASTS EXACTLY 60 MINUTES.
PRODUCTION DECISIONS, FAILED ASSUMPTIONS AND DISCOVERIES MAY ENTER THE FILM WHEN THEY REVEAL HOW THE INVESTIGATION EVOLVED.
THE FILM DOCUMENTS AN EXPERIMENT. THE EXPERIMENT DOCUMENTS THE FILM.
RECORD 012 / FILM-EXPERIMENT PROTOCOL
60:00
THE FILM IS MADE OF TIME
PROTOCOL NOTE: FORM IS PREMISE
RECORD 013 / TIME FORM
RECORD 014 / PROCEDURAL JEOPARDY
SECONDARY OBSERVATION / VERIFIED ACROSS MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS
THE SUBJECT HAS A DOCUMENTED TENDENCY TO FALL ASLEEP.
CONDITIONS: 2:00 A.M. / WARM ROOM / SIXTY UNBROKEN MINUTES / SLEEP DEBT INDUCED BY THE PHENOMENON UNDER INVESTIGATION
THE MAN INVESTIGATING THE MISSING HOUR MAY MISS IT.
THE FILM CANNOT BE RESHOT.
OBSERVATION STATUS: SUBJECT WAKEFULNESS UNCONFIRMED
RECORD 015 / EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL
REAL
CONSTRUCTED
FIELD INPUT: UNREHEARSED HUMAN RESPONSE
FIELD INPUT: DESIGNED TEMPORAL CONDITION
THE ARCHITECTURE IS CONSTRUCTED. THE BEHAVIOR INSIDE IT IS REAL.
WE SCRIPT CIRCUMSTANCES. NOT OUTCOMES.
PROTOCOL ACTIVE / OUTCOME UNWRITTEN
SUBJECT IMAGE / VERIFIED
PERSONNEL RECORD 001
FIELD ROLE: ACTIVE OBSERVER
CHRIS
LEAD INVESTIGATOR
INTELLIGENT
/
CREDIBLE
/
CURIOUS
OBSERVATION STATUS: VERIFIED ACROSS MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS
HE ALSO HAS A DOCUMENTED TENDENCY TO FALL ASLEEP
SUBJECT DIGNITY PRESERVED / EVIDENCE UNDER REVIEW
RECORD 016 / PERSONNEL FILE
FIELD FEED: ARIZONA
LIVE
OUTSIDE SOURCE / MUTED LEGISLATION FEED
CHRIS ENTERS AFTER LEAVING A HALLOWEEN GATHERING. THE CAMERAS ARE ALREADY RUNNING BEFORE HE ARRIVES.
THE ROOM IS BECOMING PART OF THE EVIDENCE.
ROOM REVISION 04 / DO NOT RESET
01:59:58 MST
02:59:58 AZ
BOULDER ↔ AZ TIME BOUNDARY
NIST / ATOMIC TIME
DAYLIGHT ACT / MARKUP
IF HE SLEEPS?
REC A-016
4
FOR SIXTY MINUTES, CHRIS DOES NOT LEAVE.
TEMPORAL FIELD OFFICE / ROOM ALREADY RECORDING
FIELD FEED
EVIDENCE BOARD
LIVE WITNESSES
PHONE CALLS
DISPATCHES
THE CLOCK
RECORD 017 / TEMPORAL FIELD OFFICE / BOULDER
BOULDER, COLORADO / FIELD FEED A
01:59:59 AM
01:00:00 AM
CLOCK FALLS BACK
ARIZONA / FIELD FEED B
01:59:59 AM
02:00:00 AM
CLOCK ADVANCES
TEMPORAL REFERENCE / SYNCHRONIZED PHYSICAL INSTANT
SAME SECOND. TWO REALITIES.
RECORD 018 / FIELD FEED SPLIT
RECORD 019 / ARIZONA FIELD OBSERVATION
YOU CAN CROSS THE HOUR ON FOOT.
Northern Arizona contains one of the few places in the United States where neighboring communities observe different clock systems. Along this physical boundary, time changes simply by crossing the road.
A LOCAL FIELD OBSERVER MOVES BETWEEN BOTH WORLDS.
CROSS THE BOUNDARY. CHANGE THE TIME.
01:58:44
CLOCK SYSTEM A
02:58:44
CLOCK SYSTEM B
FIELD COLLABORATOR / ARIZONA UNIT / STATUS: PACKAGING
THE MOST PRECISE CLOCKS ON EARTH DO NOT OBSERVE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
THEY JUST TICK.
TEMPORAL REFERENCE / ATOMIC TIME ACCESS IN PROCESS
RECORD 020 / ATOMIC TIME
RECORD 021 / OBSERVATION CASCADE
FIVE LEVELS OF REALITY. ONE HOUR.
Each layer observes the one beneath it.
ATOMIC TIME
THE FIELD
THE INVESTIGATION
ARCHIVE + REENACTMENT
THE LIVE AUDIENCE
CASE STRUCTURE / FIVE OBSERVATION LAYERS
PROTOCOL NOTE: LAYERS ARE OBSERVERS, NOT WORLDS
RECORD 021 / CASE STRUCTURE
NOVEMBER 1
THE EVENT
LIVE CONDITIONS ARE STAGED
OBSERVERS ENTER THE FRAME
TESTIMONY BEGINS BEFORE EDITING
PROCESS STAGE 01 / UNREPEATABLE EVENT
AFTER NOVEMBER 1
THE ARTIFACT
THE RECORD IS ORGANIZED
WITNESSES BECOME MATERIAL
THE FILM HOLDS THE EVENT OPEN
PROCESS STAGE 02 / REVIEWABLE ARTIFACT
THE LIVE EVENT CREATES WITNESSES. THE FILM TURNS THEIR EXPERIENCE INTO EVIDENCE.
RECORD 022 / EVIDENCE PROCESS
RECORD 023 / PROCEDURAL BREAK
THE CASE DOES NOT CRACK ON A REVELATION. IT CRACKS ON AN ACCOUNTING.
FORTY YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP. TWO CITIES. HOURS SPENT IN THE SAME ROOM: CALCULATING.
NOBODY TOOK THE HOUR.
THEY WERE LET GO, ONE AT A TIME.
OBSERVATION STATUS: PROCEDURE FAILS AT MINUTE 50
RECORD 024 / FINAL PROTOCOL
THE RULE OF THIS PRODUCTION HAS BEEN: DAVID REMAINS BEHIND THE CAMERA. CHRIS REMAINS UNDER OBSERVATION.
THE RULE BREAKS ONCE.
THE OBSERVER ENTERS THE FRAME. / HE TURNS THE CLOCK BACK BY HAND. / HE LEAVES.
WHO TAKES THE HOUR? HE DOES. WE ALL DO.
OBSERVATION STATUS: CAMERA HOLDS / DIALOGUE UNWRITTEN
RECORD 025 / SEALED ARTIFACT
ONE HOUR OCCURS TWICE. EVERY CLOCK RECORDS IT AS ONCE.
WE ARE RECORDING BOTH.
APPROX. 120 CHRONOLOGICAL MINUTES RECORDED. THE COUNTRY LOGS ONE HOUR. WE LOG BOTH.
WE WILL ONLY EVER RELEASE THE SECOND.
THE FIRST HOUR — A COMPLETE RECORD OF AN HOUR THAT OFFICIALLY DID NOT HAPPEN — WILL BE SCREENED EXACTLY ONCE. ONE NIGHT. PRESENTED BY THE INVESTIGATOR. THEN NEVER AGAIN.
FIRST HOUR / SEALED RECORD
THE TITLE IS NOT A METAPHOR. THE FILM HAS A MISSING HOUR.
CASE STATUS: SEALED
RECORD 026 / PERSONNEL RECORD
CASE STATUS / ACTIVE PACKAGING
THE INVESTIGATION HAS A TEAM.
ATTACHED / VERIFIED PARTICIPANTS
PACKAGING STATUS: FUTURE COLLABORATORS UNASSIGNED
ATTACHED
DAVID REPPOND
DIRECTOR / PRODUCER
CHRISTOPHER EIDE AZEVEDO
LEAD INVESTIGATOR
SHEILA HOULAHAN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
GIOVANNA CONSERVANI
PRODUCER
NOVEMBER 1, 2026
ATTACHED PARTICIPANTS SEPARATED FROM OPEN CASE NEEDS
IN PACKAGING
CINEMATOGRAPHER
ROLE / OPEN
ARIZONA FIELD COLLABORATOR
ROLE / OPEN
PRODUCTION PARTNER
ROLE / OPEN
RECORD 027 / PRODUCTION WINDOW
THIS WINDOW CLOSES.
The repeated hour occurs once each year. Miss this night… and the experiment waits another year.
THIS FILM CAN ONLY BE MADE ON THIS NIGHT.
NOVEMBER 2026
CASE WINDOW / ACTIVE
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
TEMPORAL REFERENCE / NOVEMBER 1, 2026 / WINDOW CLOSING
THE MISSING HOUR
CASE STATUS: PACKAGING
WE ARE CURRENTLY PACKAGING THE INVESTIGATION
OPEN CASE NEEDS
FINANCING PARTNERS PRODUCTION PARTNERS
DISTRIBUTION / PLATFORM PARTNERS
LIVE EVENT PARTNERS
SCIENCE + INSTITUTIONAL ACCESS
PERSONNEL RECORD / ATTACHED
PROTOCOL STATUS / PRE-PRODUCTION ACTIVE
PRODUCTION EVENT / NOVEMBER 1, 2026
THE CLOCK IS ALREADY RUNNING.
RECORD 028 / PACKAGING RECORD
RECORD 029 / ACTIVE CASE FRAME
THE HOUR IS APPROACHING.
November 1, 2026.
The cameras will already be rolling.
CASE STATUS
ACTIVE