Me Against the World
Me Against the World is a short film (and scene from Larz Luecht's 2025 long-form film, "But I Want You") that visualizes isolation through different settings, like in a room listening to music, walking through a park, and laying in a field.
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Larz LuechtDirector
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Larz LuechtWriter
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Larz LuechtProducer
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Larz LuechtKey Cast
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Larz LuechtMusic
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Trent "DARKMANE WaddellMusic
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Digital Cinema Package:Unavailable
Larz Luecht is a Wisconsin-based filmmaker, musician, photographer, and painter, whose works explore themes such as abstraction, depression, paranoia, and identity. Through the expressions of identity and personal writing of musicians David Bowie and Kendrick Lamar to boundary-pushing filmmakers and visual artists Christopher Nolan and Andy Warhol, Larz uses visual media and music as a lens to understand the world. He explores the experiences we refuse to confront, acknowledging that to make society better, we must first look at ourselves. Through his work, Luecht seeks to continue pushing himself into new areas that invite contemplation and connection to an increasingly chaotic world.
"Me Against the World" was produced in different sections and phases. The first portion, with the cover of Blue in Green was produced in March 2025, inspired by the music video for Think Fast by Dominic Fike, to create an intimate setting, showcasing how listening to music provides an escape, using a cover of my favorite jazz cut ever. The second part, with the walk through the park was one of the earliest parts made, produced in August 2024. The music, composed by DARKMANE and I, creates another intimate setting, one with an attempt for isolation. Then, the third and final portion was produced in March 2025, following the characteristics of the previous section, but adding more isolation.
