DIRTY MACHINES
an intellectual property about time travel
DIRTY MACHINES is a satirical sci-fi mystery about a near-future where time travel has become the world’s favorite pastime and turned human history into an (unknowing) open-air amusement park.
It’s the story of PANACHRON, the unseen empire that’s been all around us since the dawn of time, hiding in plain sight and observing us from just outside of our collective periphery.
And the seemingly utopian society that handed over its historical agency in exchange for the endless entertainment of this binge-able new world.
“THE END OF HISTORY”
A time traveler takes a tour of "The Birth of Time Travel."
written, directed, produced, edited, featuring, & created by David Matthew Olson
“A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME TRAVEL”
A refugee from The Past gives a crash course on the history of time travel, PANACHRON, & The Present.
written, directed, produced, edited, featuring, & created by David Matthew Olson
MORE DIRTY MACHINES
“WHY WOULD WE LIE TO OURSELVES?”
(2017)
“WELCOME TO THE END OF HISTORY”
(2022)
“WE CAN SEE YOU”
(2022)
“ARE YOU GETTING IT?”
(2025)
“ZEBRA”
(2026)
“LOST DREAMS”
(2021)
RECOGNITION FOR DIRTY MACHINES
“The End of History”
Vimeo Staff Pick (50,000+ views)
Short of the Week selection (640,000+ views)
Shorted Film selection
BOOOOOOOM.tv selection
“A Brief History of Time Travel”
