# Short films **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-films/518430 "2009-11-21T18:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-films/518430/1 "2009-11-21T18:30:53Z")
Many of you remember [The Story of a Sign](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-K8bpoDn-8) from 2008. [Here’s another Cannes winner](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOjpOsj9eB8&feature=related). Sweet. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-films/518430/2 "2009-11-22T00:46:13Z")
The company I work for distributes a LOT of shorts. Some of them are pretty astonishing. A bunch of them are available for free on [hulu](http://www.hulu.com/search?query=IndieFlix+Shorts&st=1). Check out “The Trident” and “I Fucking Hate You.” “The Victim” is pretty good too. The best one we have, I think, is “Down the Road,” but it’s not on hulu right now. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-films/518430/3 "2009-11-22T00:49:56Z")
I was going to shoot a short, but no one would see it. So I decided to use it one of seven vignettes that are linked by a device. Now I have to come up with a bunch more shorts… and I hate writing. I really like _The Story of a Sign_. Though I thought the guy should have put a few bills in the old man’s tin. The other one was adorable. I don’t have kids, but I can understand exactly how the little girl was thinking. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-films/518430/4 "2009-11-22T00:54:33Z")
I should mention that “The Trident” stars David Carradine and “The Victim” stars David Strathairn and Patti Lupone. There’s a pretty good one called “Bit Players” with Vern Troyer as an actor stuck playing Oompa-Loompas while he dreams of doing Tennessee Williams.