Short Film / 7 min. / USA
A Short Film by Ryan Graff
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ointless Hello is a dry comedy about a couple that ignores all the signs of doomsday to focus on a meaningless fight. It explores the feeling of holding onto petty grievances versus looking at the bigger picture of our lives. Ultimately, and unfortunately, neither may matter in the end. D!
I wanted to try something different from what I had done before. Irena Murphy had been in one of my films and expressed interest in doing something else together. Pointless Hello was the first script she sent me and we just went for it. It was an interesting challenge combining our styles from adapting the script to filming, and through post production. Ultimately we ended up with something subtle yet funny, odd yet genuine, and dry yet well paced. I don't think either of us knew what reaction we were going to get and have been surprised how well people connect with it being a bit of a foot in two different worlds. While striving to make something different for myself I think we made something really different from what you might normally see.� Ryan Graff 92 | Daria! | www.dariamagazine.com