Time Piece is a 1965 American independent[4][5] experimental short film directed, written, produced by and starring Jim Henson.
[6] The film depicts an ordinary man living in constant motion, in a desperate attempt to escape the passage of time.
As the rhythm increases, the film begins to follow the man's daily habits such as crossing a busy street, in different clothes and different locations, working in a busy office, working on a conveyor belt, walking through different locations and ending up in a forest where he has the appearance of Tarzan, eating dinner with his wife, walking down the street seeing pogo stick riders, and visiting a strip club while simultaneously maintaining himself in motion.
Eventually, the man is imprisoned for shooting the Mona Lisa while intoxicated (signified by a scene of him painting an elephant pink) and dressed as a cowboy and is forced to perform acts of labor like working in the rock pile.
The man then jumps off a diving board and soars into the sky (aided by a flying device) where he is subsequently shot down by the world's military powers.