Director(s): Brandon Baer
Life On Mars takes a unique perspective as a show-within-a-show. David Mars keeps a daily diary in the form of a screenplay as a coping method for his anxiety. These private accounts become the “reale. . . est” piece of work he’s ever produced and this is the very screenplay that gets picked up by Ellie Blue, an up-and-coming literary agent who sees potential in Mars’ writing. As an audience, we experience David’s thought process from two perspectives: on camera as production of “Life On Mars” begins within the series, and behind-the- scenes with David as he struggles to come to terms with the fact his embarrassing life is being reenacted for the world to see show more