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Open 24 Hours

Henry Chaisson
United States, 2015, 7 min.

In English.

In the dead of night, Russell stops to purchase gas and a pair of suspicious tools. He meets his match in Dixie, an overzealous checkout clerk who appears to misinterpret Russell's dark motives at every turn -- or does she? Russell is forced to play into Dixie's eccentric whims, or risk drawing attention to the eerie rumble that pours from the trunk of his car.

Director's Statement

OPEN 24 HOURS began life as a scene within a more expansive thriller, but there was something so engaging about the interaction between a nosy store clerk and a fugitive that it eventually blossomed into its own short. I was attracted to the idea of two characters trying to obfuscate information from one another -- how much does each know about the other, and how much are they letting on? This concealment of intent is reflected in the setting, an ostensibly mundane convenience store that we begin to imbue with a sinister, subterranean energy. All is not as it seems.

Category: Comedy.

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