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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 เม.ย. 2021
  • A young man meets his father who abandoned him.
    REELING ISAAC is used with permission from Justin Etheredge. Learn more at vimeo.com/justinetheredge.
    John is driving by himself up into the mountains. He's seeking answers to some of the questions that have haunted him -- the questions he intends to ask the man who abandoned him at birth, a reclusive mountain dweller named Isaac.
    Isaac isn't happy to see John, but he accepts his presence anyway. The two men share a meal, both making stilted conversation with one another. But finally, Isaac tells his side of the story, which allows John to express some of his deepest held feelings -- and perhaps allow a tenuous connection between the two estranged men.
    Written and directed by Justin Etheredge, who also takes on the role of son John in the film, this short family drama possesses a striking simplicity in form and execution. Its remarkable willingness to be quiet and simply exist captures the fragile yet compelling dynamic between a father and son who don't know one another at all and yet are connected by emotions of hurt, regret and pain.
    With its warmly pristine cinematography capturing the serene and beautiful mountain setting and the self-sufficiency of Isaac's cabin, viewers experience the profound beauty of Isaac's life. But as the film unravels, we and John also see its emptiness and isolation.
    Though the writing is sparse on dialogue and the pacing is slower and more deliberate, the emotional arc begins to shift as John starts to understand who his father is. It both captures John's patience and empathy, but underneath it is a growing undercurrent of pain and confusion. It's as if John, and the audience, wonder why his father chose this remoteness and isolation over a life with his child.
    That question grows more pointed as time passes, and Etheredge's performance does excellent work in portraying John's balancing act. He's patient and accepting of his dad's reticent nature and seems happy simply to spend time with him. Actor Dan Lauria as Isaac plays the role of an emotionally constipated man confronting a lifetime of regrets and sadnesses, and his taciturn nature reveals its shadows and weight slowly but masterfully. When John lets loose his true feelings of hurt and pain and Isaac finally reveals his full story, the storytelling fills in the silences -- of both the film and these characters' lives -- that have haunted them for years.
    REELING ISAAC is a father-son story, but it's also about estrangement and facing up to the fallout of major life decisions. Though the film, like its titular character, has few words, it is eloquent as a study in frozen grief and the consequences of avoiding it. As this parent and child discover, this immobilized grief never fades away, but perhaps gains even more fear and trepidation over time. But when space is cleared with honesty and a willingness to listen, it allows room for more acceptance, and even love, to finally grow.

ความคิดเห็น • 314

  • @467-k1m
    @467-k1m 3 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    My wife left me and took our son. 27 years later she called on me to take him as he was a drug addict and out of control. At that time I found out I had a grand son and a grand daughter. Now my grand daughter has a new baby girl. THEIA. I suppose I have a new family now. I do hope it works out for all of us.

    • @crazyboy43051
      @crazyboy43051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Hey hope things are working out for you. God bless you sir

    • @ufodeath
      @ufodeath 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How have things been going Doug?

    • @pradhanh1641
      @pradhanh1641 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How is your family now Doug? And how are you doing?

    • @colinellesmere
      @colinellesmere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Good luck. Taking all that on. I wish you the strength compassion and sweetness that can help you bring these people hope and a sense of belonging.

    • @firstlast2514
      @firstlast2514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wow brother! My ex ran away with my son 12 years ago. She put a permanent restraining order on me just to do it,her cousin was her attorney so she got free representation. She also had two states coming after me for child support and caused me to go broke and homeless because of that. She literally disappeared with him. I found out two weeks ago that she moved five states away. Still paying child support (I wouldn't ever stop)
      But I haven't seen him since he was 9 months old. It ripped me to pieces. I'm finally a person again.
      I hope it works out for you and your new family, congrats. Much love.

  • @madisonpage5483
    @madisonpage5483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    This was almost too painful to watch. My mom died at a young age and left my father widowed. He never remarried and even over 2 decades later I can still see the loss and pain in his eyes.

    • @amybowen5800
      @amybowen5800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      My mom passed when I was 11 it's still hard n I'm 39 hard to let go isnt it....

    • @resolecca
      @resolecca 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah but what about his son

    • @Ruach77
      @Ruach77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@resolecca No excuse, but not everyone can move on. They just get stuck in time.

    • @bonniewatson178
      @bonniewatson178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@resolecca He couldn’t cope and a mental reck his son was better off with his grandparents just like I was.

    • @tundrawomansays5067
      @tundrawomansays5067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I’ve been a widow for nearly 29 yrs. I never remarried although he wanted me to. I still love my husband and miss him profoundly. I was so young then and just bereft. On the outside I was OK because I had to be but the inside just wouldn’t heal somehow.
      One evening as I was driving home from work alone I got caught up in my endless loop of rumination, why did he have to die, just as we were finally building our home, we had struggled so hard etc.
      And suddenly as if someone else was in the car and spoke so plainly and directly to me, “OK, TW. So *when* would have been a “good time” for him to die?”
      Never.
      And that changed everything.

  • @dozerboy67
    @dozerboy67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    My father left us when i was 5 yrs old. My mom always berated me and resented me cuz i reminded her of him. All my life she said what a terrible person he was. Then she joined a commune back in 74 and we spent our young lives traveling around Europe and the Middle East running from Interpol on kidnapping charges. It was a wonderful traumatic experience. The one thing I've learned is don't give up trying to reach people, to be a part of their lives, cuz once they're gone, you're stuck w the guiilt.

    • @thalmoragent9344
      @thalmoragent9344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Sucks your mom treated you bad because you look like your dad. Seems both your parents kinda let you down mate, sorry.

    • @drophammer776
      @drophammer776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@thalmoragent9344 It's not because he looks like his Father, Kids have characteristics of both Parents so in divorce if a Parent is vindictive, narcistic, when their are two children one that has more characteristics of other Parent that child will most likely be the scapegoat and other will be Golden Child who can do no wrong as long as they please Vindictive Parent. It is sad and emotionally damaging towards children and pure hatred/jealousy towards other Parent. Hatred for their Ex spills everywhere and usually the next generation continues trait unless they understand.

    • @drophammer776
      @drophammer776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The emotional burden must have been heavy. I hope you are able to be an example towards your children from your experiences growing up.

    • @lowrider81hd
      @lowrider81hd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We’re you from the Children of God commune? I grew up partially on Gomera in the Canary Islands in the 60’s, we also were on the run.

    • @dozerboy67
      @dozerboy67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lowrider81hd no it was another, a name I'll not mention here on soc media.

  • @shauntreadwell8029
    @shauntreadwell8029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    My ex moved away with our son and I didn't see him for years.. when we were reunited the damaged relationship was too much to repair. We are strangers now and so I was moved by this.. I never wanted to lose my son, but I did.. this is a very upsetting, moving piece. 😢

    • @mlbonfox8199
      @mlbonfox8199 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ty

    • @thalmoragent9344
      @thalmoragent9344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ah, thats a shame. Yeah, I guess some kids just vibe better with one patent over the other, so I guess when your ex moved, you son chose to go with him?

    • @shauntreadwell8029
      @shauntreadwell8029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@thalmoragent9344 he was young.. under 2 years.. I didnt see him again until he was almost 10... its tragic.. women have much power over the family.

    • @thalmoragent9344
      @thalmoragent9344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@shauntreadwell8029
      Shame you didn't see him for such a long time. Why did you guys split up?
      And yeah, it sucks that courts only really view women having much power over the family without taking men into consideration. Yes mothers are very important but we shouldn't discredit the fathers, they also have a vital role to play and are just as important. How'd she get away with it?

    • @yellowmelancholy4875
      @yellowmelancholy4875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Shaun, that’s heartbreaking. Maybe when your son is an adult you two can form a relationship. A boy needs his dad. I’m sorry...

  • @kalstonii
    @kalstonii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    I dont really understand why the dad couldnt have just said “i got pictures of you, and I am proud that you....” sometimes we humans make things unnecessarily more difficuly

    • @sawman7169
      @sawman7169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      maybe the father feels really guilty. and his pride couldnt let him say those words to his son.

    • @cchapa7470
      @cchapa7470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Coming from an older generation (my dad's about his age) I might be able to shed light.
      1. stoicism in men is ingrained deeply in the older generations. Articulating those emotions doesn't come naturally. Even after confronted he didn't Say any of those things, he just said "Consider them said."
      2. He's a recluse with few visitors; Literally doesn't know how to socialize anymore.
      3. Also deeply rooted, actions speak louder than words. He loved his son and followed his life even though he wasn't welcome in it (by the grandparents). Son recognized the reality matched his desires all along, even if he never knew. (Hence the wedding invite)
      4. His wife's death destroyed him (though stoically under acted). As a man who feels Passionately about his wife even after 9 years, when she dies I'm going off to life in the woods alone, because that will Also be "it" for me.
      5. As time went on it probably seemed less and less likely to ask for forgiveness.
      6. The tears at the end show the joy and gratitude for the forgiveness he probably felt he would never have to right to ask for. And the permission to come into his son's life. And you better believe he'll probably overcompensate and spoil his grandkids rotten.
      Note: I'm not saying I agree with the above or that it's right; only that I understand.

    • @baronsaturday9529
      @baronsaturday9529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's not for every man to raise a son on his own, or to deal with the loss of the woman he loved. He's from an older generation, and the way he deals with it now seemed fine with me. But I can also see where the son is coming from..

    • @arthursmith5409
      @arthursmith5409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Dad waited for his son to grow up and be free from the brainwash of a manipulating family. So yea, he acted like they had always been together, like a father. The son was to busy being hurt over a past that he or his dad had control over. Yup

    • @Mr.Lubbox-Lobsterlegz1
      @Mr.Lubbox-Lobsterlegz1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I always ruin things for myself when I come to comment section too early...

  • @thedaggonator
    @thedaggonator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Ok on this viewing I finally figured out what was in the envelope and I have GOOSEBUMPS!!!
    It was a Wedding Invitation.

    • @renzo6490
      @renzo6490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank You!
      That's very important information.
      I'm streaming with chills....

    • @thedaggonator
      @thedaggonator 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@renzo6490your welcome

  • @colinellesmere
    @colinellesmere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The father is a great actor. Multiple emotions shown at the end. I understand the son. But the father needs great compassion. Losing a real love you have found in the way he did. Taking off to nature seems quite a sane approach if the in-laws are so hostile.

    • @jhitt79
      @jhitt79 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It’s Jack Arnold.

  • @silo3com
    @silo3com 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    There's more depth in a couple years of 10 minute omeletto films then all the history of Hollywood

    • @Saoirse-xt7mi
      @Saoirse-xt7mi ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Feeling you on this! Americans, for the most part, hide from authentic emotions. Our films just mirror this sad situation back at us.

  • @pamt3130
    @pamt3130 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I found this channel during lockdown 2020 and now I am still hooked ....👍❤️

    • @jopan1363
      @jopan1363 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am still sick..2021

    • @frederiquekruger4818
      @frederiquekruger4818 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is one of the best youtube channels out there. They share the greatest and most compelling films out there.

    • @rattusnorvegicus4380
      @rattusnorvegicus4380 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I`m continuing to watch them in lockdown 2022

  • @eg1197
    @eg1197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Beautiful and exceptional plot.. Mr. Lauria and Mr. Etheredge played the part perfectly. Excellent acting 🏆🏆. When he saw the photos, I could feel his heart smile.

  • @Finn-jp6pn
    @Finn-jp6pn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    My dad died when I was 12. Worked really hard to do well enough in life and provide for my family. 14 years have passed since, and each day, I only hope he's proud of me. Miss you, dad

    • @discopurgatory
      @discopurgatory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My dad passed away a couple of months ago I'm still young. I hope he is proud on me

    • @Finn-jp6pn
      @Finn-jp6pn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@discopurgatory I'm so sorry for your loss. Take care of yourself and the loved ones round you.

    • @discopurgatory
      @discopurgatory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Finn-jp6pn thank you, you too :)

    • @m.mcmillion9764
      @m.mcmillion9764 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Losing a parent at age 12 is very difficult. That's a critical turning point in your life. I hope you are being kind to yourself and getting help from family, friends and counselors. You're still a young person and you need to make sure you get all the support that's out there. This happened to my husband 60 years ago and he couldn't have survived without his support network (that's the phrase we use today). He misses his mother every day and he's now 72-years-old. It gets better, but you need to reach out, get support, and try your best to stay strong.

    • @discopurgatory
      @discopurgatory 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@m.mcmillion9764 how do you get support?

  • @col.cottonhill6655
    @col.cottonhill6655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    In watching this while holding my newborn baby son!

    • @jeremywithacamera235
      @jeremywithacamera235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not all of us were blessed with parents we are proud of. I plan to raise my children with a father they KNOW they can count on/depend on and trust! I didn't have that. Sounds like you have your priorities in check. Good for you.

    • @baronsaturday9529
      @baronsaturday9529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Congrats!

    • @earnestlyaditya4261
      @earnestlyaditya4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good luck 🍀💗🙂

    • @sexyshrekk8316
      @sexyshrekk8316 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Congratulations

    • @Mr.Lubbox-Lobsterlegz1
      @Mr.Lubbox-Lobsterlegz1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      HANK!!

  • @mhjgh3834
    @mhjgh3834 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In my understanding the card at the end was a wedding invitation to his sons and the fiance Cathrine wedding. The father cried happy tears. So they are gone reconnect father and son.

  • @drophammer776
    @drophammer776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Great Actor of Arnold's Father. I watched every episode of the Wonder Years probably 10times over.

    • @nimbleqwik
      @nimbleqwik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right. Kevin Arnold's dad !

    • @cricketmonday1469
      @cricketmonday1469 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really? I did not recognize Kev's dad. I watched every episode more than once... was in love with Phoebe. Hey, remember the song?: "happy ever after in the market place, Desmon ...

    • @KayJayKe
      @KayJayKe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's who he is!!!! 🙂👏

    • @jhitt79
      @jhitt79 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It’s not “Arnold’s father.” It’s Jack Arnold. Father of Karen, Wayne, and Kevin.

  • @HopesHaven81
    @HopesHaven81 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I'm adopted and even thou my parents were great a part of me still wanted to know why my biologicals threw me away (figuratively speaking). I've met her....damn was I happy that she let me go. As far as him...theres so much mystery around who he is...but sometimes a parent(s) not being involved is for the greater good.

  • @cs5384
    @cs5384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    My daughter's father abandoned us three days after she was born. I tried to always give her an honest but positive image of him. We were young and foolish, etc. He was an awful person then but I never wanted to be one of those moms who talked ugly about the dad even though he left us. Just in case. She found him a few years ago, 30 years later on social media. They met. she visited his home for a few weeks. They were so happy to finally meet. But then he abandoned her again, simply because she's not a heterosexual. He's still an awful person.

    • @noname-bt9ky
      @noname-bt9ky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmao

    • @treasuretvjackson8018
      @treasuretvjackson8018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Even though I don't agree with homosexuality, he didn't have a strong relationship with her, if he did, he wouldn't have left, then he never worked the relationship up.
      I do think he may have wanted to stay in God with his decision but he could have prayed for her and tried to bring her into the faith but I realized what I just mentioned with the praying is simply something somebody who loves the person would do.

    • @englishexpert1989
      @englishexpert1989 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@novioey - Who would disagree with heterosexuality!

  • @marih3286
    @marih3286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Never too late to try and heal relationships. Sometimes it won't work, but when it does what blessings! It's good to at least try.

  • @amybowen5800
    @amybowen5800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    It's hard to make our loved ones understand our actions and even harder to be forgiven for them. But we can forgive and move on....

    • @Shailo911-
      @Shailo911- 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish you'd help me learn to forgive and move on. It's been 19 years and I'm still crying.

  • @monro2159
    @monro2159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Very well done. Atmospheric, poignant, great location choice and simply but effectively directed. Two good performances and a clever minimal script that allowed for a continuous feeling of discomfort mimicking the situation. The finding of the photos is a well-used trope in these sorts of stories but the realism of the handling of the photos (not a sequence of full-frame shots of different photos but a more haphazard look at them as a group) gave it a different feeling. Great work.

  • @cutieetae3351
    @cutieetae3351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Sometimes these seem unsatisfactory in the ending ,but it's pretty realistic for what would likely happen

  • @cupivalhalla5189
    @cupivalhalla5189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Wow, outstanding!
    Please make it episode 2 : The Wedding!

    • @tichu7
      @tichu7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Get Fred Savage to play the wedding official. Dark comedy at its best.

    • @jeremywithacamera235
      @jeremywithacamera235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      After watching a couple dozen (or more) of these shorts, many of these shorts do have good endings. Then there are those with a less satisfactory ending.
      The point of these kinds of shorts seems to imply an intentional unsatisfactory ending. They're meant to make you think and not always give you proper closure (like Hollywood movies do).
      That's why these shorts are far more impactful. They're relatable. The impact is made stronger.

    • @crazyboy43051
      @crazyboy43051 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish they could make man I really wish. But that’s the point of short films tho... as how we call it “short films”.

  • @jessicajohn1962
    @jessicajohn1962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Phew, reading the heartbreaking comments this beautiful film has brought from a wonderful, appreciative audience has moved me greatly. One love ❤️

  • @flyifri
    @flyifri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I think having a father you never knew would be better than one that despised you for altering his life.!

    • @6Haunted-Days
      @6Haunted-Days 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He obviously didn’t …..wtf didn’t you watch it until he end?
      Maybe you’re young and can’t see nuance

  • @ianmacfarlane1241
    @ianmacfarlane1241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Wonderful piece - beautifully acted.
    Great to see Dan Lauria too.

  • @hadoukenhadouken9219
    @hadoukenhadouken9219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Digging in the past will only open up old wounds. Like mama use to say "Life is like the river it only flows one direction"
    - Forward thinking.

    • @andriyshapovalov8886
      @andriyshapovalov8886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Settling the past, doesn't change the direction but stabilize the flow of the current.
      The wounds was never healed. He came to have the closure on that past and move forward... The wedding invitation.

  • @evetko
    @evetko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I can't make out what the card says.
    Does someone else know?
    Love the narrative to this film, reading the words 'emotionally constipated' surely fits for Issac.
    John's performance was right on the mark, my heart skipped a beat as his feelings heightened to tears.

    • @user-te9vr3dz9t
      @user-te9vr3dz9t 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ☺️

    • @hank1519
      @hank1519 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Someone said it was a wedding invitation.

  • @cynthiagildea-dixon314
    @cynthiagildea-dixon314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Both me and my sisters dad's abandoned us eight years apart my mother never spoke an ill word about either of them... When I was 11 my dad was supposed to come see me but he never did and years later we found out my sister had a sister 3 mo. Younger than her and my mom new about that other woman, my mom still never spoke a bad word... We grew up and drew our own conclusions

    • @krombopulosterry1005
      @krombopulosterry1005 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Grew up similar

    • @judeirwin2222
      @judeirwin2222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Both me and my sisters dad's abandoned us eight years apart " - Impossible to make sense of this mangled sentence. Do you mean, "My father and my sister's dad abandoned us eight years apart" OR "My dad abandoned me and then my sister eight years apart"? "Knew about", not "new about". Expressing yourself clearly reflects your ability to think and organise ideas clearly. The opposite is also true. You need some help with logical thinking and simple, clear expression. Get good language skills before you get bad habits for life. People judge one another very quickly, and those who master confident use of language rise in life.

    • @constancecurry1427
      @constancecurry1427 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@judeirwin2222 Bad habits? Such as your lack of self-restraint? Or your arrogance?

  • @a-dzikosimbagegele2119
    @a-dzikosimbagegele2119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Oh the music, the music, the music.

  • @johnbee7729
    @johnbee7729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is anything but slow moving with stilted conversation. It is so much better than the introduction alludes to. Great conversation

  • @amymizuno405
    @amymizuno405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My father left when I was 1 year old. This film made me think about how it would be,one day,when I get to talk to my dad face to face...for him to see me again after 30 years.
    Makes you wonder...

    • @Ahiya2.0assdestroyer
      @Ahiya2.0assdestroyer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It Will be all fine i hope you the best

    • @amymizuno405
      @amymizuno405 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Ahiya2.0assdestroyer thank you for your kind words. 🍀💚

  • @renzo6490
    @renzo6490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Children don't know when an adult is damaged.
    They think that adults are strong, wise, mature and in control.
    When a parent abandons or is otherwise unable to love a child, that child assumes the fault is his.
    That child assumes she is unworthy of being loved.
    When I was in my 40's, my dad admitted to me ( his exact words) " I was cruel to you when you were a child ".
    I knew what he meant.
    He ignored me.
    He neglected me.
    He was embarrassed by me.
    Ashamed of me
    Sometimes he pretended I was not there so he didn't have to admit to friends and acquaintances that this effeminate boy was his son.
    Yet I watched him be a loving father to my brother.
    I watched from the shadows.
    I have spent my entire life time seeking acceptance from other men.
    But no amount of approval, affection or acceptance has eased the emptiness.
    I trust no one's love.
    Sometimes I wonder why this one man's opinion of me has been so important.
    After all, he's just another person on the planet... nothing special.
    But I didn't understand that when I was a four year old, a six year old, or when I was on the edge of budding sexuality and was left clueless and alone to figure out what was happening to me.
    It was quite a moment when he said that he'd been cruel.
    It only affirmed what I already knew.
    I never realized that he was aware of it too and was able to admit it.
    That was something, at least.
    But it was too late.

  • @Jazzi32275
    @Jazzi32275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I never knew my dad this makes me cry

  • @evillemike2009
    @evillemike2009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Is that a wedding invitation?

  • @A0A4ful
    @A0A4ful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    4:21 Fried fish and beer at 11 in the morning. Superb!
    4:37 Difference in beer level in the two bottles - attention to detail. Awesome!
    9:38 Rarely does one see a real wood fire in films, unlike the sterile flickering staged yellow flames in most movies! Attention to detail!
    The log cabin : Impeccably finished.
    Takeaway: In the Old Testament, Issac was the chosen one by God, to be the patriarch of the Jewish nation. So, Issac, here, was just following the written word, of fathering John.
    Now, did I miss anything...?

    • @kaleahcollins4567
      @kaleahcollins4567 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea BLACK PEOPLE ARE THE TRUE HEBREWS

    • @rattusnorvegicus4380
      @rattusnorvegicus4380 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kaleahcollins4567 Yep, the Lamb of God was an African....but a very naughty boy...

    • @unrulyworkbench
      @unrulyworkbench 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m not sure if there’s any meaning but it appears as if the record player sits upon a type of child’s high chair.

    • @judeirwin2222
      @judeirwin2222 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes you did. See my comments about the fried fish. Continuity and attention to detail were pretty haphazard.

  • @salvatorefolisi3102
    @salvatorefolisi3102 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great dynamic between father and son. i loved the scene at the table where they were silent. it said so much ...

  • @pauldavey
    @pauldavey ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved the log in the fire bit. Heart shaped (9.42 mark) very subtle.Feel very much for the father and his way of life since she died he obviously never got over her death.

  • @alldat06
    @alldat06 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The ambiance and overall cinematography in this film is beautiful!

  • @MobileFilmmaking
    @MobileFilmmaking 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This was very touching. A great way to start off today. As a dad.. and then a single father.. I can't understand how someone could just leave something in this cold world that they helped to create. I wouldn't have missed this experience for anything

    • @fernandoreynaaguilar1438
      @fernandoreynaaguilar1438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're right. But what if the Mother kidnapped your kid and took It to another country?

    • @tattoodrdoke
      @tattoodrdoke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Also what if he helped created it but realised that whatever going on his life he just wasn't ready or didn't want to destroy the kids life.

    • @fernandoreynaaguilar1438
      @fernandoreynaaguilar1438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@tattoodrdoke he DID destroy His kid's life, you realize that, don't you?

    • @tattoodrdoke
      @tattoodrdoke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@fernandoreynaaguilar1438 Okay let me put it another way in a general context. If the parent is going through substance abuse or their own personal crisis they just can't switch off and their not ready to take on additional responsibility of being a parent and might even end up losing it disengaging or doing something worse. Rightly or wrongly staying will impact on the child or leaving will also impact. Not all parents who leave leave because they are simply selfish they have their own demons they don't want to bring to their childs life. Now i am no way disputing having an AWOL parent can impact on a kid, I can 100% agree with you, but it's not always black and white.

    • @MobileFilmmaking
      @MobileFilmmaking 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tattoodrdoke that's a good point too.

  • @schwags1969
    @schwags1969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done. Great story, this I am sure resonates with a lot of people.

  • @Tater4200
    @Tater4200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    my best friend from childhood had found his father about 2 years ago at 30 years old. he has 2 daughters but his ex wife has them and never lets him see them. while we where growing up he was always so mad at him. hated him.. he had never even heard the man speak. but found a letter in a book when we where about 12 or so that his dad had written him and his mom had hid it. she knew the man was no good. when he finally did meet him they got along great. and eventually moved in with him.. got harleys together. joined a biker club. seemed he was doing good.. my best friend shot and killed himself last october. he was drunk. i had just spoken to him 6 hours before.. ill never understand why.. i think it was his ex wife not letting him see his little girls...i miss him so much man.. he was like a brother to me and i for sure considered him to be blood... we did everything growing up man.. and a year before that my other brother died. life sucks sometimes. i think about them every day. when i lay down at night i can hardley sleep thinking of them. and what it must have been like the last few moments before they died.. it kills me. if it wasn't for my own 2 little girls.. i would be with my brothers. for sure

    • @lilymolly96
      @lilymolly96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hang in there, your girls love you a lot. Make sure to not just endure life because of them, but to live it to the fullest for them and for yourself. Good luck and take care

  • @michaelmccaffrey8044
    @michaelmccaffrey8044 ปีที่แล้ว

    So much unsaid, unexplained but we can see the pain. Very good thought provoking situation with no explanation, I confess for once the best way, any which way it’s a true sad story well done.

  • @ParaAkula
    @ParaAkula 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love this one, its so sad, but also there is hope. Im glad my parents never divorced. I always felt save as a kid.

  • @SasquatchGirlSandraRainsDeBusk
    @SasquatchGirlSandraRainsDeBusk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was so touching.

  • @raghavbansal4510
    @raghavbansal4510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A very perfect film, very perfect dialogues.

  • @charlottewhite1277
    @charlottewhite1277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Omeleto, thank you for these short brilliant films.I don't have the patience for the "regular" 2 hour movies put out by Hollywood,with their agendas. I truly enjoy these short films. Please keep them coming.

    • @charlottewhite1277
      @charlottewhite1277 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Correction there are some movies and actors that I could watch several times over,and maybe even a marathon.js. but these shorts are magical

    • @tananario
      @tananario 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@charlottewhite1277 You do know that the “Hollywood” you are talking about doesn’t really exist, right?

  • @grahampilkington252
    @grahampilkington252 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the best short films.

  • @Vivalarosa45
    @Vivalarosa45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a beautiful story.

  • @samiam4544
    @samiam4544 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent film.

  • @LittyLux
    @LittyLux 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @springbuck66
    @springbuck66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Good likeness ..They could be Father and son for real _}

  • @Wiwpsdd
    @Wiwpsdd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would have left the moment he said "I have everything I need."

    • @renzo6490
      @renzo6490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was ready to leave at every moment...

  • @liskorea317
    @liskorea317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent.

  • @two2young93
    @two2young93 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great film.

  • @joymelton-bollen6383
    @joymelton-bollen6383 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want a part 2!

  • @mrshappilymarried1
    @mrshappilymarried1 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've never laid eyes on my Father. So many questions remain...this was a hard piece to watch but how envious am I of them both.

  • @jasomcox
    @jasomcox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice one

  • @michelleredmond4450
    @michelleredmond4450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful

  • @Deepbluecat
    @Deepbluecat 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great acting, great story, great cinematog, sound editing.

  • @jahipalmer8782
    @jahipalmer8782 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The movies on this channel always find the absolute best actors.

  • @johnblack9952
    @johnblack9952 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very very good!

  • @anugroho4203
    @anugroho4203 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great acting on both parts

  • @michaelpace2321
    @michaelpace2321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm surprised as I read the comments how so many people can relate to this movie but in ways that are completely different from each other if that makes any sense. Our lives are different and unique but yet this movie finds its way to be relative. At least for some people anyway including myself. Also for the guy whose wife left him with his kids decades ago , it would be nice if the sacrifices that you were forced to make in the past were worth how much better your life is now. Life is only as good or bad as we believe it to be it's a decision that only we can make.

  • @billstuart9394
    @billstuart9394 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    outstanding!

  • @IAMGiftbearer
    @IAMGiftbearer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This really hit home. I was given up for adoption under very strange circumstances, sat in a children's home for 6 months, the city I was supposedly born in has no record of my birth, and recently my adult son found my father through Ancestry DNA. I found out through a nephew that he's not a nice person, abused his wife for years, went to live with my mother for 2 years, then went back to his wife who made him promise never to have anything to do with his children he has out of wedlock (he has several with other women) and made him promise never to have us meet her children, and to this day he is the only one who knows who my mother is. She is believed to be still living but the nephew who is the peacemaker in that family doesn't want me to approach him and wants to do it in his own time when he thinks the time is right, because he also doesn't want it to get back to the wife as she's in poor health and it might upset her to know I'm around asking questions. She just wanted to bury the whole thing, so in some ways she's complicit in the abandonment. From the little bit I know about him I assume my father never paid child support and so my mother could not financially afford to support me by herself. This has even made my nephew bitter and it has been a sticky situation even talking to him because I can feel his annoyance at having to deal with the results of my father's actions and in the few conversations we've had he somewhat took it out on me. He feels he is doing me a huge favor and seems to resent it at the same time.

    • @Saoirse-xt7mi
      @Saoirse-xt7mi ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm so sorry this happened to you!

  • @iceberg3721
    @iceberg3721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Woah, was that mac miller diablo sample beat in the beginning very faintly when he was in the car?

  • @mizzteareacts9397
    @mizzteareacts9397 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My father wasn’t even there when I was born. I went my whole life not knowing him. He raised his other family and kids. I saw pics of them and they got an amazing dad who was there for them. He recently passed away and I never got a dad.

  • @zirilli3
    @zirilli3 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It would be nice if children were interested in seeing a parent after so long. Sometimes it works and sometimes not. Everyone without exception has good and bad times. I'm a 55 year old man, two daughters and a granddaughter, but they don't live close. And we can only live in the present, no going back. This is a good film.

  • @techlord5573
    @techlord5573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like this 👍

  • @jonathansmith9235
    @jonathansmith9235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was moving.

  • @sidtewari5746
    @sidtewari5746 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hard hitting as ever

  • @aliasreco
    @aliasreco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Consider it said" . But we don't say it. How we need to have softer hearts especially for our family. May God change our hearts of stone into hearts of flesh. Ezekiel 36 26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

  • @anqproductions
    @anqproductions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing short film by Omeleto as always. Stay strong for all the people who had went through something similar though. I will never understand what it's like to be in your shoes. But you guys are the living proof that people can withstand a whole lot of damage in their life yet are still able to stand on their own two feet. So much respect for you guys!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
    BTW the son looks like Denver Nuggets' Jamal Murray 😅😅😅

    • @jime6739
      @jime6739 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not made by Omeleto

  • @G3ntleChaos
    @G3ntleChaos ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so sweet. You know his butt got to that wedding!

  • @littlejonathorn6860
    @littlejonathorn6860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dan Lauria, reminds me of a young Roman Reigns for some reason. Idk why? Great acting and short.

  • @thebat099
    @thebat099 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Superb acting

  • @stevekrause5931
    @stevekrause5931 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good film, thank you. I just came from seeing Good -- Etheredge's new full-length theatrical release -- and it carries the same thing -- a father abandoning his child. I assume Good was based off this film. Etheredge has a smooth and easy acting style which I like. I hope he goes a long way. If this film is any indication, he most likely will.

  • @mattmason7554
    @mattmason7554 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    😭😭😭 outstanding

  • @alonrose1432
    @alonrose1432 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done

  • @jspurs22
    @jspurs22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was deep

  • @hcutter
    @hcutter 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Even with so many years apart, the love is ALWAYS there. 👨‍👦

  • @billxx188
    @billxx188 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok I have to know...where was the lake fishing scene filmed? That place was beautiful.

  • @silverasana219
    @silverasana219 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The card was a wedding invitation.

  • @marylevin9262
    @marylevin9262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    💜 i hope he goes

  • @lloydrobert6182
    @lloydrobert6182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Then what?" "We went fishing." I would've dropped him right there!

  • @madelinejones9745
    @madelinejones9745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    this short is true from the ❤, nice

  • @pjg9256
    @pjg9256 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good storyline

  • @mylifemychoice2727
    @mylifemychoice2727 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omeleto- always a masterpiece

  • @Cement_Feathered_Bird
    @Cement_Feathered_Bird 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ol' Jack Arnold's still got it!

  • @christaleehoward2969
    @christaleehoward2969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Absolutely magnificent 💯

  • @seanmackenzie8726
    @seanmackenzie8726 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is only one lap in life we do truly experience, why linger on the past.! the past is hard to forget.!!!

  • @anthonyschembri8575
    @anthonyschembri8575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think he still wanted his father to be in his life because he left his wedding invitation.

  • @bigherm70068
    @bigherm70068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's the dad from Wonder Years.

  • @ethanvenzin
    @ethanvenzin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Goddamn this just... thank you for this man!

  • @andriyshapovalov8886
    @andriyshapovalov8886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I guess they tried to give us some hints with that proverb of good and bad fathers teaching their kid to fish vs giving son a fish.

  • @thefeatheredhag4279
    @thefeatheredhag4279 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Romeo is a very good actor 😊❤

  • @truthunfolded1300
    @truthunfolded1300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He looks like the dad from 'The Wonder Years'

  • @alexanderlouelllopez5860
    @alexanderlouelllopez5860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn't know Kevin's dad from The Wonder Years was still active.

  • @tommac215
    @tommac215 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    hi what does it say on the card at the end?

  • @owenwswain
    @owenwswain 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    No music credits. A number of tracks I recognize and know. Anyone know what the final track is?