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  • A stranded man uses a mysterious payphone.
    411 is used with permission from Oliver Power. Learn more at oliverpower.com.
    Arthur, a middle-aged insurance man with an issue with commitment, drive back home one night from a date with his girlfriend Laurel. She wants him to meet her family, and he's spooked by her request.
    But when Arthur gets into an accident, he calls 411 for help from a dilapidated phone booth and talks to a frighteningly omniscient service on the other line.
    This iteration of 411 knows everything about Arthur, from his current romantic situation to his high school memories. And it has surprising insight into Arthur's current condition, giving him information -- and help -- in an unexpected way.
    Writer-director Oliver Power, along with co-writer Rick Rosenberg -- has created a short drama that begins with the dark ominous sheen and suspenseful buildup of a thriller, but it reveals itself to be a surprising drama of sly emotional intelligence and subtle humor.
    The narrative toggles between Arthur's recent evening with Laurel and his drive and accident. His scene with Laurel has a nice, easy rapport and affection, but actor Geoffrey Cantor also details Arthur's underlying fear of commitment. He's able to encapsulate a man who fears taking the next step, bringing a kind of remoteness to the characterization that hints at his aversion, but also his loneliness.
    Sometimes juggling past and present in a short film can prove disorienting in a short running time, but the back-and-forth here builds suspense -- along with the beautifully moody night-time cinematography and isolated visual compositions. It also creates some storytelling sleight-of-hand. Will Arthur meet a dark end and come to regret his last words with Laurel? It certainly may seem so.
    But then the film takes a turn into magical realism, as the voice of 411 enters into the story. 411 isn't just a recording, but a full-on character, brought to life by the superb F. Murray Abraham. Thanks to the Oscar winner's mercurial talents (and excellent dialogue), 411 is both all-knowing, sarcastic, wise, darkly teasing and ominous -- somewhere between an older father figure, a mysterious supernatural entity and God.
    With 411's help, Arthur begins to put together the former disconnected parts of himself, unearthing the source of his great pain and ambivalence. Over the course of this one fateful night, he finally owns up to his desires and summons up the courage to take a risk in life. Arthur's ending ultimately makes 411 not just a beautifully crafted piece of genre filmmaking, but a parable for emotional growth: examining the past, connecting it to the present and being brave enough to move forward into an uncertain future.
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  • @crazyparker9
    @crazyparker9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +520

    "Thank God."
    "Here to help."

    • @toasega
      @toasega 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Pleased to be the first upvote.

    • @AgeraXXX
      @AgeraXXX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Damn that was a great catch. Wow!

    • @spiko-ou3bp
      @spiko-ou3bp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@toasega *'upvote'*

    • @deborahsiahaan9261
      @deborahsiahaan9261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Beautiful

    • @avbartholomew
      @avbartholomew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Don't forget your car idiot"

  • @CrateYourWorld
    @CrateYourWorld 4 ปีที่แล้ว +835

    The ringing at the end wasn't for the man. It was for us. The viewers.

    • @nikolastojanovski6064
      @nikolastojanovski6064 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      to take the risk

    • @Human10151
      @Human10151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Damn, a wake up call. I needed this. I’ve been engaged 3 times but never married because I always find a reason why we’re not right for each other.

    • @DreadX10
      @DreadX10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Correct, we were the only ones there to hear it and the voice on the other side of the line seemed to have all the information.....

    • @marcod4651
      @marcod4651 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Chills man chills!

    • @DustinBarlow8P
      @DustinBarlow8P 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Or the ringing was the voice trying to get back in touch to tell him "Do not get in that truck!" for the Tow truck was Death, arriving to carry him to the other side. This was all an vision as he lay dying.... finally succumbing to his wounds, passing on with so much regret.....

  • @janeaparis
    @janeaparis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    Where is my brightly lit telephone in a dark forest to help me figure out my way. Some people have all the luck.

    • @Talia.777
      @Talia.777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indeed...😞

    • @timobatana6705
      @timobatana6705 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's just a symbolic ideal. If studied God you would be forced to find your way. Religious or not it's just easier of you dont wanna be the one to kill your consciousness.

    • @NiliMoto
      @NiliMoto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      The ringing at the end. That was your signal. In fact it was a signal to all the viewers. The voice on the phone was just his conscience. The ringing in the end meant for us to have the same deep conversation with our conscience.
      The voice on the phone didnt tell him anything new. Just things he already knew

    • @janeaparis
      @janeaparis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@NiliMoto Thanks for the insight. :)

    • @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040
      @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You did have a lot of luck too. You even were at the right time and in the right place.
      You just didn't realise how lucky you were back then until much later, when it was gone.

  • @thebobloblawshow8832
    @thebobloblawshow8832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    The man on the phone has an excellent voice. Great short.

    • @colticus
      @colticus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sounds like Bryan Cranston

    • @enilenis
      @enilenis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was expecting Morgan Freeman.

    • @1rewd133
      @1rewd133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      F. Murray Abraham ... aka Salieri.
      The credits are your friend.

    • @ArizonaWillful
      @ArizonaWillful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would have asked him if I had been abducted by aliens as a kid. I have these memories....a lot more challenging than hanging out in the woods for a couple hours.

    • @justme-ij2qy
      @justme-ij2qy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It is well known actor F. Murray Abraham.

  • @babakbandpey
    @babakbandpey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Everyone needs that kind of conversation with an all knowing entity.

    • @zyrrhos
      @zyrrhos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can have that conversation with your higher self. It has all the answers.

    • @jubes1300
      @jubes1300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's called prayer.

    • @AlexanderBukh
      @AlexanderBukh 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No way i don't. It would paralyze me just like the man was.
      Take a fluffing risk to live moral without divine guidance.

  • @mudpieconspiracy
    @mudpieconspiracy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +621

    Morale of story. Don't text and drive.

    • @blahblahjumpswing1504
      @blahblahjumpswing1504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      noooo its take her panties off first then drive, its all i seen in this, because if you don't take a risk, you might loose her and get into a car accident. something something, plus she may have cheated and lied, and if you don't join British people or nose snorting pigs, they-ll just keep bug-in you with cop threats and killing kids, if you don't go there way and do as they say. or was that thought blown outta proportion abit? yeah mmmmmmm meh

    • @susanrunyan5591
      @susanrunyan5591 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It was a racoon, no phone involved.

    • @Hawaiian_Pizza_Enjoyer
      @Hawaiian_Pizza_Enjoyer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Not it’s roadkill is better than a damaged car

    • @franklinokeke8369
      @franklinokeke8369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Mudpie Conspiracy I was about to say that

    • @hrbeta
      @hrbeta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Don’t brake for critters.

  • @YunsAvatar
    @YunsAvatar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    The voice on the line is perfect. Just the right mix of friendliness, assurance, and hidden depth of meaning. It can be taken seriously while also not immediately repelling you with what it is saying.
    Great casting!

  • @Cartier_specialist
    @Cartier_specialist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I think I'm officially addicted to short films now.

  • @m.c.5795
    @m.c.5795 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Did anyone read the credits to see that Information was voiced by F. Murray Abraham? A brilliant actor! He portrayed composer Salieri in the film AMADEUS.

    • @jenniferflores5627
      @jenniferflores5627 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      oh my gosh, that's him?!?

    • @BatMite19
      @BatMite19 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "He said you killed Moe Zart." (Last Action Hero) 😂

  • @mystorymenzi7726
    @mystorymenzi7726 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Fear of abandonment is a very real thing...

    • @AtlasReburdened
      @AtlasReburdened 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fun fact: Being tortured cures that.

    • @Mayhzon
      @Mayhzon 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AtlasReburdened
      How so and what type of torture?

    • @AtlasReburdened
      @AtlasReburdened 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Mayhzon Well, it isn't easy to make an analogy for what it's like to have your ability to trust other people ruined on such a visceral level, but imagine that you woke up in a deep daze and while reaching for something in a cabinet, accidentally put your hand on a searing hot stove top with basically all your body weight on it. Think about just how real that lesson would be.
      Now imagine the stove is people and the damage is dozens of times as severe.
      At that point, the fear of abandonment is like the fear of being burned by the stove. It's not really a problem because you simply don't put your hand on the stove anymore.
      To the second question, that just depends on where your breaking point is.

    • @cricketmonday1469
      @cricketmonday1469 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AtlasReburdened so brightly ilustrated. Thank you Atlas.

  • @sobakathehusky
    @sobakathehusky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    Had he refused to listen, didn’t get in the truck, and picked up the phone when it rang, would have been the devil’s turn :)

    • @BinWall
      @BinWall 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      what do you mean

    • @ameteuraspirant
      @ameteuraspirant 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      well watch the video if you haven't first cause spoilers. but I think he was making parallels between the mystery phone guy and god, and extrapolating that the next call would have been his doom rather than his salvation.

    • @BinWall
      @BinWall 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ameteuraspirant ohh

    • @alexanderzhmurov9624
      @alexanderzhmurov9624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ameteuraspirant nice concept, we all have to answer eventually to the call, our own call, to either force, but it's inevitable. It makes for a nice story, neatly arranged

    • @wickedvideowatcher
      @wickedvideowatcher 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oohh, I like it!

  • @kwiksieifediora6142
    @kwiksieifediora6142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    "Let me check....NOW!"
    Fave.
    Good movie.
    Don't text while driving.

    • @susanrunyan5591
      @susanrunyan5591 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was a racoon, no phone involved.

    • @hitman_harrison9779
      @hitman_harrison9779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Susan Runyan there was a phone involved watch again

    • @DreadX10
      @DreadX10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@susanrunyan5591 He let himself be distracted by his phone and therefore didn't spot the racoon in time to respond correctly.

  • @FeelTheLack
    @FeelTheLack 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I'm a female but I identify with this man sooo much. Early abandonment affects you forever, its a constant struggle to stay connected to anyone.

    • @iamthelaw646
      @iamthelaw646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You can identify with someone no matter what they are. We all share similar experiences and emotions at some point in time. After all we're all human. And unfortunately, abandonment just seems to be on the rise.

    • @angelapastorius2377
      @angelapastorius2377 ปีที่แล้ว

      Until a narcissist spots you from a mile away and you are still young and naive and fall for tactics, then get entwined in their personal hell. After all of that, I find myself definitely identifying with your statement. It sucks having to be suspicious that everyone is going to be a user and a taker because your family was so good at lying and manipulation your entire life. But I will take peace and quiet any day of the week instead of that nightmare.

    • @pfb74
      @pfb74 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol what's connection?

  • @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040
    @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Man chose to swerve rather than drive over innocent animal.
    He is my hero, and I'm absolutely serious.

  • @EggnogonthebogProductions
    @EggnogonthebogProductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +269

    The phone rang at the end to tell him the recovery guy is going to murder him.

    • @dddila
      @dddila 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What

    • @pauloostdijck4730
      @pauloostdijck4730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nice!

    • @Andrea-xs4ny
      @Andrea-xs4ny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Resistance 313 Because it's Jigsaw.

    • @d.grouard6737
      @d.grouard6737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I was thinking the same thing...the tow truck driver gave him an odd look.

    • @timobatana6705
      @timobatana6705 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      He did tell him when he was gonna die.

  • @sunway1374
    @sunway1374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "The souffle doesn't rise twice." That's a brilliant double entendre.

  • @alexanderzhmurov9624
    @alexanderzhmurov9624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A souffle doesn't rise twice... that's actually quite profound...

  • @tinaflintstone8148
    @tinaflintstone8148 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Very well done! That’s my life story. I’m over 60 years old and I’m still afraid. Being alone sucks. But being rejected is worse (I tell myself).

    • @josephschauster6277
      @josephschauster6277 ปีที่แล้ว

      i am 50 and feel the same too

    • @tinaflintstone8148
      @tinaflintstone8148 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@erdelegy Hi Graham, That is an impressive and well thought out response. You have experienced a horrific tragedy and I can see how it would send you on the path you are on. Loneliness is a difficult choice to make for oneself. You make a good point about being lonely while in a relationship is worse than being lonely while being alone. Two things happened recently that really scare me. They are both health related…. The first is when I recently attended the funeral of my friend’s husband. During his illness, she was completely devoted to him and their relationship strengthened. She took care of him and cared about him as she did so. So, at the funeral, I couldn’t help but to wonder what my life would have been in comparison. The other situation is very similar. I just learned that one of my girlfriends has liver cancer and was given days to live. Her significant other of over 10 years is handling everything for her. So, when I compare myself to these two situations, I don’t have to do a lot of guessing. My health has deteriorated in recent years. If I can’t get myself to my doctor’s appointment, then I’m unable to go and I must cancel. Some days I can hardly breathe and, as a result, I am unable to function. As a result, I’m unable to fix myself something to eat or drink. I’m unable to do laundry or clean my house as frequently as I would like. So, the bottom line is that being alone is more than just being lonely. It means facing all of life’s challenges alone, and having no one to count on.

    • @AlexanderBukh
      @AlexanderBukh 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Im 40, i am afraid of rejection, but my relationships were not short and i have 3 kids.
      It is still doable.

    • @AlexanderBukh
      @AlexanderBukh 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Oh yeah, i am also a worst overthinker i know of.

    • @tinaflintstone8148
      @tinaflintstone8148 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@AlexanderBukh Thank you for your encouragement. 🩷

  • @55Ramius
    @55Ramius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Good to see "The Dukes of Hazzard Cooters garage" is still in business.... : )

    • @noneofyourbusiness302
      @noneofyourbusiness302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thank you for being old enough to remember that with me! :) The 80's! Ah...

    • @EMcKelvyF
      @EMcKelvyF 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cooter owns a restaurant in the town next to me, very cool when all the General Lee's are parked out front

  • @timobatana6705
    @timobatana6705 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "Let's do it alphabetically"... I cant breathe. .

  • @samylind6458
    @samylind6458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I feel like that was a twilight zone episode, except if it was the ending would have been the tow truck contains its new passenger whilst the driver distracted the dude and the final shot would be the guy still in the car. Presumably dead.
    Love it:)

  • @crimdell
    @crimdell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I'm not making any predictions on the success or failure of his relationship with Laurel but I do predict he'll get a ton of money from Audi when he sues them for airbag failure.

  • @potatopc9205
    @potatopc9205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Maybe his already dead and he need to confess and before he can move on he need to accept it...

    • @jesuiscequejesuis2267
      @jesuiscequejesuis2267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I too was wondering that.

    • @GiotheGhreat
      @GiotheGhreat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that's what I've perceived

    • @uy9572
      @uy9572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Je Suis Ce Que Je Suis it looked more like an hallucination, he just had an accident, hit his head real hard, was really emotional because he was about to end another relationship and had a concussion on top of that. So probably he called the guy that picked him up and hallucinated the conversation

    • @colonial345
      @colonial345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There’s a twilight zone episode just like that

    • @DrRonArt
      @DrRonArt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think you're right. It's almost as if the tow truck driver meant to pick him up, but not necessarily tow his car from down the road.

  • @cuttwice3905
    @cuttwice3905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Why didn't the airbags inflate? Verisimilitude demands it.

    • @AtlasReburdened
      @AtlasReburdened 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And plus, he was only going like 5 mph. That's why god was like "Nah bro, it's good. You're just freaking out, deep breaths."

    • @cuttwice3905
      @cuttwice3905 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AtlasReburdened The bumper and hood argue quite a bit higher. I've seen cars like that complete with airbags/curtains/etc. fired willy-nilly.

    • @neverthesame7887
      @neverthesame7887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the same reason why he found a public phone in 2019. And it was a WORKING public phone.

    • @cuttwice3905
      @cuttwice3905 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@neverthesame7887 Maybe F. Murray Abraham is the voice of God... That explains all.

    • @nisasoruklu7922
      @nisasoruklu7922 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cut Twice Verisimilitude is my favourite word.

  • @jesuiscequejesuis2267
    @jesuiscequejesuis2267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Yeah, people these days don't realise that before cell phones all public phones had God as the operator.

  • @mitseraffej5812
    @mitseraffej5812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    He’s got some explaining to do when he gets back to Laurel’s.

    • @SykotikShadow
      @SykotikShadow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I cant be with a Laurel b/c all i would hear is Yanni. 😂

  • @jeffffro7674
    @jeffffro7674 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Wow. This one was pretty powerful. No one wants to be hurt, but the phone was right, its something we all have to risk happening because theres not much out there that is more important than finding someone to share our lives with. Benjamin Franklin...... it is the man and woman united that makes the complete human being. A single has not nearly the value he would have in that state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors. I love that quote! We are never as good as we can be if we are by ourselves. Life needs to be shared, it needs to be enjoyed, the easiest way to do so is with at least one other person.

    • @jaijai5250
      @jaijai5250 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think fear of being single, and incomplete is a bigger issue. Having a mutually symbiotic, loving relationship is ideal, but no one is incomplete when single. Some of us can, and do find peace, joy and contentment, and we do enjoy our own company.
      I’d rather be alone then be in bad company!

    • @joshybrisby
      @joshybrisby 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nope, the single person has absolutely just as much value if not more. Single folks have done much to help society by way of inventions, writings, etc. Don't have to be with someone to have value. Anyone who thinks another person "completes" them is weak.

  • @FIONA21ful
    @FIONA21ful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    I like this one a lot, it resonates deeply with me in that I too had a lifelong fear of commitment . I believed I had to do the leaving before anyone could ever even dream of wanting to walk away from me.
    Took me a lot of soul searching heartache until I was 40 to realise what I was doing , and once I accepted that love was just another risk I went for it!
    I have spent the past 10 years , since that time of awakening & maturing , trying to make my current relationship work , so far very successfully!
    Fear of abandonment certainly is very real and very damaging, parents need to think hard about what they do to the children left behind in broken homes.

    • @abhishek.chakraborty
      @abhishek.chakraborty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I have that fear of commitment too. I still haven't been in any relationship, not even tried actually. But, I feel maybe staying along throughout might ultimately make me very depressed.
      Thanks for sharing your story though 🙏

    • @bearb1asting
      @bearb1asting 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fiona Cahill I'm glad it worked out. I have the same thing happing in every relationship. Maybe someday it will be better.

    • @matthewhorizon6050
      @matthewhorizon6050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby weren't just twiddling their thumbs. Attachment theory and object relations tell us everything we need to know about the importance of forming early bonds, in which neuro typical people require for a calm soul.

    • @mountainwarrior8387
      @mountainwarrior8387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My mother abandoned me when I was three. I'm now 63. I have yet to form a lasting relationship, even with friends.

    • @EveryDayTrucker
      @EveryDayTrucker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mountainwarrior8387 my prayers be with you that peace and true friends fill your heart

  • @CommonCentrist82
    @CommonCentrist82 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The hardest thing to believe about this story is that this guy didn't settle with the first girl that gave him a little action.

    • @theogwillberespected.4332
      @theogwillberespected.4332 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't get you?

    • @amerlad
      @amerlad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@theogwillberespected.4332 he means that the guy is ugly and he should be lucky that any girl gave him attention.

    • @theogwillberespected.4332
      @theogwillberespected.4332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@amerlad appreciated am just learning English..

    • @donnamariedavidson5065
      @donnamariedavidson5065 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@theogwillberespected.4332 Your English is good!

    • @theogwillberespected.4332
      @theogwillberespected.4332 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@donnamariedavidson5065 thanks so much, learning for 2 years now...my native is Swahili

  • @imonymous
    @imonymous 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    F. Murray Abraham should do more voice acting. His face kept me from noticing his fantastic voice for decades.

  • @kennetth1389
    @kennetth1389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    And the moral of the story is:
    Don’t jack with your phone while driving

    • @ArizonaWillful
      @ArizonaWillful 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He could be pulled over in Arizona where it is illegal to talk on the phone while driving unless it is mounted.

    • @josuemartinez4828
      @josuemartinez4828 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ArizonaWillful ya just like every other state in the U.S

  • @jasonhurd4379
    @jasonhurd4379 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wow! I didn't even recognise F. Murray Abraham's voice as the Information guy! What an actor. Liked this very much. And the final image, a payphone ringing at night in the wilderness, was supremely creepy. Thanks!

  • @tharealmikezee3165
    @tharealmikezee3165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "bikini around my ankles and you can meet my family"

    • @transporter78213
      @transporter78213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And in Hawaii, rope a dope.

    • @cricketmonday1469
      @cricketmonday1469 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      the Real: I'd be pretty scared too at the sound of "MEET MY PARENTS" regardless of age.

  • @OLBICHL
    @OLBICHL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    I could use such kind of phone call tbh :D

    • @aliasreco
      @aliasreco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Something very much like this phonecall happened to me when I started talking to Jesus. Weird. Beautiful. Painful too.

    • @Melvin420x12
      @Melvin420x12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You get those everyday. It’s just a matter of listening carefully

    • @OLBICHL
      @OLBICHL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Melvin420x12 hmmm... I'd like to but I'm too afraid to ask for an explanation...

    • @firebomb5510
      @firebomb5510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no,, you really wouldn't,, i am a witness

    • @annoyingkraken
      @annoyingkraken 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was your phone call too.

  • @nicflatterie7772
    @nicflatterie7772 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    “A souffle does not raise twice”, DAMN! That’s what my girlfriend says at my age...

  • @matthewboyce5123
    @matthewboyce5123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    OH THAT WAS COOL! Especially at the end when the tow truck driver picks him up and gives him a look as if to say, you know what to do... (Time to get over his fear of being left alone) well done.

  • @noneofyourbusiness302
    @noneofyourbusiness302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My childhood was miserable! Much worse than that...but, I pray everyone is loved by their mom's dad's! Mine didn't love me, but I love the living mess out of my kids! It is so much fun being a mom! I get to love and hug my daughters. Encourage them! My husband, their dad, is wonderful! God is amazing!!! The things I have control over in my life are AWESOME!!! I am so grateful for every little and big thing that God provides!!! This video, btw, was fantastic!!! Poor little boy left in the woods! Now he can be his own man. Well, God bless everyone! Don't forget, Jesus loves you! Love, momma Grace

  • @ahuv
    @ahuv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There is a scientific study about this behaviour, it’s called “Avoidant attachment style”. Other humans like the woman in this film may be secure or avoidant. I learnt about this in the book “Attached” by Amir Levine. I recommend this for anyone that either identifies with this fear or has dated someone that avoids commitment.

  • @therancenewsled2363
    @therancenewsled2363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Moral of the story, if there is an animal on the road in front of you, use your brakes, don't swerve. It's better to possibly kill the animal than wreck your car and possibly hurt your self.
    Also DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE.

  • @AgentSmartnumber86
    @AgentSmartnumber86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Dude was it really that important to pick up a feeakin text message in the middle of a turn around a corners on a country road in the middle of the night? Lol

  • @Squicx
    @Squicx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I adore this film. The general mystery on who that actually is calling him opens my mind... it’s actually creepy but awesome

  • @milkcartonmagic6316
    @milkcartonmagic6316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you Netflix for bringing me here. If you were any good, I would still be watching you!

  • @faisal.5347
    @faisal.5347 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The man: When um when I am gonna die
    The man in the phone: Let me check NOOOW
    It was scary

    • @Mayhzon
      @Mayhzon 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was scared. It was scary. Scary is when you have the potential to scare someone.

    • @AnnaPxx
      @AnnaPxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      On hearing that answer I wondered if he had actually died in the accident and that call was made by his ghost before being taken to Heaven

  • @gurutrips9440
    @gurutrips9440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow. Just wow.
    I feel like it was his subconscious speaking to him, due to his subconscious reminding him about when his mother left him alone in the woods when he was 5. & the guy didn't even remember.

    • @rubbersoul9462
      @rubbersoul9462 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Supposed to be god by 3:40
      Information
      Oh thank god
      Here to help

  • @KrowShow.
    @KrowShow. ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is prob the 1st Omeleto that really ended with me "wanting more." Amazing short. Can't believe this was made in 2019 and only has 100k views. Omeleto should be more popular with these amazing shorts!

  • @_JayRamsey_
    @_JayRamsey_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Who swerves to avoid a raccoon? They couldn't find a deer to act in their film?

    • @paulg903
      @paulg903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Deers demand much more money than a raccoon to star in a film.

    • @ArizonaWillful
      @ArizonaWillful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can you train a deer to run across the road on cue?

    • @Zaza-uh6ro
      @Zaza-uh6ro 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would rather not swerve if you were in the middle of the Frickin road.

    • @armyoutcast846
      @armyoutcast846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I once swerved to hit a deer. It was an adrenaline rush

    • @josuemartinez4828
      @josuemartinez4828 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Zaza-uh6ro then your car would be damaged

  • @brianemery8945
    @brianemery8945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Moral of the story
    Run the Racoon over!

  • @yusefendure
    @yusefendure 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Balding, middle-aged man w beard is afraid of committing to a pioneering, gorgeous woman because of his fear of abandonment. I loathed that pretentious character and hope that the final call was a warning not to get in the tow truck going straight to hell.

    • @samylind6458
      @samylind6458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If it was then he missed it.

    • @jacobuponthestone9093
      @jacobuponthestone9093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I loath your pretentious character. To be honest. For your obvious virtue signaling. And lack of sense. This was a beautiful story, and of course, you still found a way to get offended by it. Your laughable. Really.

    • @yusefendure
      @yusefendure 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jacobuponthestone9093 How do you 'loathe' someone you don't know? Disliking something is quite different than being 'offended' by it. The story sucked. You loved it. We disagree. Focus on your breath, my friend, and relax. I haven't thought about it since I posted my comment, but apparently you 'found a way to get offended' by the comment of a total stranger. Now, that's funny hahahahaha!!

    • @jacobuponthestone9093
      @jacobuponthestone9093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@yusefendure
      It was actually a shot at your original statement. Where you said you loathed the pretentious character of the character. And many other ridiculous things, using stronger language than i did. I don't need to know you to recognize behaviors that can safely say i loath. And who is we? Mouse in your pocket? Maybe you should familiarize yourself with your original post, since it was your language i used. And virtue signaling always offends me. Its an obnoxious unproductive behavior. It should offend everyone. But i absolutely believe you forgot about it. Since you dont seem to remember what you posted. Ha ha ha ha.

  • @aidencates3553
    @aidencates3553 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Hears what really happened: First he died in the car crash Next: the payphone was really God not a random dude and lastly: the tow truck was his ride to the after life. Also it did not take his car .

    • @SV-lw8jo
      @SV-lw8jo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If what you stated was correct. Why did the voice remind of his mom? Why did the voice say that it was bumped in the head and he will be fine? Why telling him to take a risk if he is already dead? Your reading to the story is a good one but I don't think it is the correct one. To answer the statement you made about why the town truck did not take is the car is simple. After the accident he had to walk to find the payphone, therefore the car is not by the payphone and the town truck has to get him at the payphone then drive to the accident location.

    • @rubbersoul9462
      @rubbersoul9462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SV-lw8jo the voice on the phone is implied heavily to be god 3:40
      Information
      Oh thank god
      Here to help

    • @Ellie80681
      @Ellie80681 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks I'm a min in.. 🤷🏾

  • @CubeValidus
    @CubeValidus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wasn't expecting to hear Erik Satie's Gnossiene No. 1 in the beginning lol.

    • @n4rband
      @n4rband 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same haha

  • @ItzW4t3R
    @ItzW4t3R 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I believe the tow truck guy is the phone guy.

  • @homayounsolaimani8856
    @homayounsolaimani8856 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is the man on the phone his conscience! Self realization and conversation with oneself at time of fork on the road. Very cleverly put together for a 11 minute

  • @fullconsciousness1448
    @fullconsciousness1448 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Omeleto is now already a ‘must’ , will become a classic source for quality short films if not already too

  • @Stasiaflonase
    @Stasiaflonase 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I want F. Murray Abraham to tell me the path I should take!!! I love this one so much!!!

  • @HellAintHalfFull
    @HellAintHalfFull 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who else immediately recognized the voice of F. Murray Abraham as the omniscient operator?

  • @desireenicole7456
    @desireenicole7456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That payphone was in the most sketchy place I've ever seen 🧐

    • @ClearOutSamskaras
      @ClearOutSamskaras 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's symbolic of the way that interaction with the subconscious works. It is also symbolic of where we store the hidden and disowned parts of our consciousness. We seldom come into conscious contact with these deep, dark, cavernous parts of the psyche. We know that when a time comes where we do interact with these deep areas of our psyche, it will not be a care free walk in the park. Rather, it will be a heavy experience.
      It is typical in man's storytelling to render the dark unexplored parts of the psyche in a setting that is mysterious, foreboding or seemingly inappropriate (or in more colloquial speech "sketchy"). We see this symbolism as Luke Skywalker chooses to enter the cave on Dagobeh, we see it again when Jonah is swallowed by the whale and must stay in the belly of the beast for a time.

    • @desireenicole7456
      @desireenicole7456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ClearOutSamskaras wow that was eye opening and I def learned something with that lesson you just wrote back lol it's appreciated though 👏🏽👌🏽

    • @ArizonaWillful
      @ArizonaWillful 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ClearOutSamskaras I just like dreams where the train goes into the tunnel.

    • @ClearOutSamskaras
      @ClearOutSamskaras 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ArizonaWillful Do tell.

    • @cheesenugget9845
      @cheesenugget9845 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ArizonaWillful does this mean what I think it means 😳

  • @Prof.Tarfeather
    @Prof.Tarfeather ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like this... calling us at the end!
    Sometimes we just have to take a leap of faith?

  • @Kayaz48
    @Kayaz48 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Just brilliant on all counts. Story, acting, production, camera, lighting. Well done!

  • @shaaspire
    @shaaspire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did anyone else want the tow truck driver to have the same voice as the 411 guy after the screen went black?

    • @imonymous
      @imonymous 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, i was hoping it wouldn't because it would have been too obvious and made no sense.

  • @maxmason6053
    @maxmason6053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The voice on the telephone must have been his own conscience... The actual voice on the phone was an Oscar winner for his leading role as Antonio Salieri in the drama film Amadeus. Also Omar from Scarface (1983)

  • @m1n03
    @m1n03 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Aw I wish someone could help me like that

  • @alessandromalinverno7097
    @alessandromalinverno7097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I never knew murray abraham did small indies. He has such a cool voice

  • @mashimaro619
    @mashimaro619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Experience tells me that a singly lit telephone booth in the middle of nowhere could either spell you doom, or now be helped by Gold. xD

  • @minyoongi007
    @minyoongi007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The voice on the phone though 😍

  • @seancamacho4273
    @seancamacho4273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I know the whole point is that they can fit a lot into a short video but I wish a lot of these were hours long

  • @areaboy777
    @areaboy777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why every time I see this in my recommendation, I think about breakfast?🤔🤣

  • @polemical100
    @polemical100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The voice at the other end wasn't joking when he said you die "Now" .. go figure !

  • @ommomooomomomommoo8974
    @ommomooomomomommoo8974 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    when i cant sleep i go back to this video to listen to the voice of the man on the phone

  • @DrRonArt
    @DrRonArt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In the opening scene, the soundtrack is Erik Satie's first Gnossienne. It's quite apropos for the theme of this film, i.e. perhaps a reference to spiritual knowledge, and perhaps how it can lend personal enlightenment. There's an uncanny resemblance between Laurel and Arthur's mother; we can imagine the latter's words - "You stay here, and think about what you've done" - coming out of Laurel's mouth, as Arthur returns to her, both admonishing him for running off and pleading for him to stay.

  • @tietjen666
    @tietjen666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How much pain do we inflict upon ourselves daily? And upon others? Life is pain. Well made film with a meaningful story. Thank you.

  • @SpiderSparta56
    @SpiderSparta56 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was one of the best shorts I've seen all month

    • @mchatouille
      @mchatouille 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You haven't seen my boxer shorts.

    • @SpiderSparta56
      @SpiderSparta56 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mchatouille yes I have, they're the my little pony ones

    • @mchatouille
      @mchatouille 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SpiderSparta56 Wow, do you have a drone?

  • @hellscream46
    @hellscream46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wish Siri was like this

  • @orde_plongo.3.0
    @orde_plongo.3.0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Moral:
    1st basic driving lessons, never avoid animal in front of your moving vehicles! When it's becomes your "reflex", know that... someday u n your families will get killed by that kinda "reflex".
    if u see the sign of ⚠ animals passing.. Just slow ur vehicles..
    u are not livin near that jurassic park facilities..yes?

    • @carbine7457
      @carbine7457 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reflex**

    • @orde_plongo.3.0
      @orde_plongo.3.0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@carbine7457 thanks fuhrer..lol

    • @ethan9553
      @ethan9553 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I knew this but when I was driving I instinctually swerved. I guess I didn't wanna clean the animal carcass off my car

    • @ethan9553
      @ethan9553 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@orde_plongo.3.0 yea problem is someone else has to clean my body. But I have to clean the animal carcass

  • @StraightouttaBristol
    @StraightouttaBristol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great acting, directing and fantastic screenplay.

  • @DaniMcfester
    @DaniMcfester 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Longer then 3 months... hit me in the feels

  • @williamvonbaskerville3805
    @williamvonbaskerville3805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This short movie is based on a little sketch from "Fry and Laurie" - the informationsketch

  • @lorifive
    @lorifive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Cooter's service was the tow truck company name towing him back to laurel's house to get some cooter !

    • @s3dchr
      @s3dchr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER

  • @keithlynch7239
    @keithlynch7239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My son has severe abandonment issues that are the result of a narcissistic, mother with Munchauson by proxy syndrome and an ignorant father who had no clue what was happening in the home.

  • @xiixraiden4676
    @xiixraiden4676 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    the dude on the other side of the phone just sounds like he is doing this just because its fun for him

  • @Squicx
    @Squicx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the callers voice so much

  • @yangchen2183
    @yangchen2183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could make it out that this was going to be great just by listening to the piano at the beginning

  • @joemasters2270
    @joemasters2270 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No raccoons were harmed in the making of this film short.

  • @namphugangmei3786
    @namphugangmei3786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If Only I could get to use this kind of payphone I have a hundred questions to ask.
    Omeletto is outstanding. You guys are genius, better than Bollywood Hollywood or whatever.

    • @ArizonaWillful
      @ArizonaWillful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have a suggestion. Start writing to yourself. Just sit down and start writing. Ask yourself questions and see what comes out. You may come out with some good advice for yourself.

  • @Bopperann
    @Bopperann 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that Hemlock on the phone, helping mortals again by telling them what they need to hear?

  • @tinaflintstone8148
    @tinaflintstone8148 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing. So true. I see that I left a comment here 3 years ago saying that this is my life story. Afraid. And it’s STILL true. Afraid. I’m old and I’ll die alone. Alone and lonely and scared. Scared of being alone and scared of taking a chance. For me, my father left us when I was 3. My mother kicked me out and I was homeless at 14. My husband tried to kill me when I was pregnant with our son. Can this amount of damage ever be repaired and a person can become whole?

  • @batya7
    @batya7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    F. Murray Abraham for the voice. Pays to read the credits.

  • @jeremiahsmith916
    @jeremiahsmith916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    You ever get a feeling something was created for you personally? Damn, this one felt like a therapy session.

  • @dugarii007
    @dugarii007 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    it was a super smart raccoon that followed him his whole life, like from Guardians of the galaxy lol

  • @16nowhereman
    @16nowhereman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's me. I'm too old now and married once for 10 years. Had too many relationships and each one never went more than 6 months. Last time I fell in love and opened my heart to her, she left me. Usually it was me that walked away. Since then I dated a few more women and the last 5 years not a single date. I'm no longer interested in finding love. I'm at peace now and have resigned to being alone for the rest of my life.

    • @SandraGarcia-lj3bd
      @SandraGarcia-lj3bd ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too , i dont worry about It anymore , i think i Will end up alone.

    • @tinaflintstone8148
      @tinaflintstone8148 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      At first I thought that I had written this comment. Your words are my words. Except, I’m not content being along. But I don’t know how to engage in a relationship. I want to give love and to be loved. But I am now old and it will never happen for me.

  • @aryan7767
    @aryan7767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Is the actor from daredevil? He’s so good.

    • @darthhidious887
      @darthhidious887 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never seen him in there before

    • @emiliostark2478
      @emiliostark2478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes! He plays the rol of Mitchell Ellison

  • @KatanaBart
    @KatanaBart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    a bikini, around my ankles...
    ... it's the annual family trip

  • @SuperVendetta9
    @SuperVendetta9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He took a risk at the end!!

    • @ArizonaWillful
      @ArizonaWillful 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn't know that getting in a tow truck was that risky.

  • @nige3801
    @nige3801 ปีที่แล้ว

    F Murray Abraham as 'Information'... great actor!

  • @gilbertwilliams7256
    @gilbertwilliams7256 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:58 said the right words to get some 🐴!

  • @Lilyunderwater
    @Lilyunderwater 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I heard about the missing 411 through Mr Ballen...this is very cool, like a follow -up sorta. Great idea!

  • @fabled-pilgrim
    @fabled-pilgrim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A brief exploration of the consequences of childhood trauma. Like a modern day episode of the Twilight Zone. This was well written and well performed. I was totally engrossed and thoroughly enjoyed it.

  • @refundpng113
    @refundpng113 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    *ring ring* “Information.” “wHatS tHe dEaL wiTh aiRliNe fOoD??”

  • @emotionseyefilms9361
    @emotionseyefilms9361 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome film! I thoroughly enjoyed it!

  • @biglakejudy
    @biglakejudy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was one of the best I have seen. Very very good. Wow. thank you. Will always wonder who was calling back.