His new film, which he adapted from a novel by MatthewQuick, is indeed about such serious things as desperation, spiritual isolation, obsession and confusion.
Although Worcestershire lost two quick wickets when Matthew Hoggard had Phil Jaques lbw for his second duck of the match and Vikram Solanki was caught at cover off Buck, they recovered to reach the close in a healthy position at 62 - 2.
The ball was handled by spectators, which should have denied Wales the right to take a quick throw-in, but Wales captain Matthew Rees was handed a different ball by a ball-boy and passed in to Mike Phillips peeling round the blind side.