After a holi
day visit with
his par
ents, Mike
y is headed to
the airpo
rt to retur
n to his wife
and newbo
rn baby. E
xcept he do
esn’t board th
e plane.
Instead h
e return
s to hi
s parents’ loft
in lower Man
hattan, ba
ck to hi
s childhood r
oom that
has since b
een conve
rted to storag
e. Unsure o
f his own motiv
ations,
he make
s up excuse
s about why
he’s stayi
ng – his fl
ight is de
layed,
his flight is
cancelle
d. A day p
asses,
and then anoth
er, and h
e calls home an
d work to say h
e can’t ret
urn just yet –
his parents a
re getting o
ld, his parent
s are il
l, time
is too sho
rt. His
doting mother
is more than h
appy to enable
his procrasti
nation, w
hile his
artist fat
her is suspicio
us. From afar,
his confused
wife grows incr
easingly unse
ttled. M
eanwhile M
ikey moves
back into
his room, d
igging out note
books and
memento
s, calling
on old frie
nds. As the d
ays go on he
becomes more an
d more e
ntrenched i
n his adole
scent san
ctuary, and
comes to a
point
where he must
choose betw
een life as it
is and li
fe as it
was. --© Off
icial S
ite　　After
a holiday
visit w
ith his parents
, Mikey
is headed to
the airport to
return
to his wi
fe and n