Directed by Jay Duplass
The age-old battle between man and answering machine wages on as John attempts to record the perfect outgoing message.
USA Sundance Film Festival USA 
This had a budget of $3 and it got into Sundance.
duplass forever
I’m not home
i need to make a movie, now
The trouble with answering machines.
A solid start for the amazing career of the Duplass brothers but in the end its more the story behind the film that shows what real talents they are.
3$ + 1 Sundance = career
I think I'm going to follow this formula from now on...
this is exactly why i haven’t changed my voicemail since i was 13
No, this is Patrick
"Hello, you've reached John Ashford at 512 443 9321. I'm sorry I missed your call. Please leave me your name and number and I will return your call as soon as possible."
Oh, poor John. A voicemail recording turns into a self destructive spirals as John suffers from anxiety. It's the simplest of things that can sometimes scare us or make us doubt ourselves so much. Mark Duplass conveys that anxiety perfectly, even crying at one point. I don't know lot about his character yet I feel for him deeply. It's pretty relatable to me, someone who overthinks a lot, no matter what situation I am in.
$3, a film camera and a dream of entering Sundance. And it worked. If Mark and Jay Duplass can do it, so can you.
Everybody say “Thankyou Sundance!” for allowing this movie through, paving way for two of the most underrated stars of our generation x
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Before Peachfuzz started hacking people up, he just wanted to ensure he got his missed call message correct.
Stuck in the limbo of making the perfect outgoing message, John exemplifies that early-aughts paranoia of being trapped by one's own language, by the clash between public and private personas and the deception of all superficial greetings at once. Endlessly repeating himself, stumbling, bumbling, falling to pieces just to record one good sound bite--pre-mumble-core mumbler Duplass tries to accomplish even the most benign domestic acts and fails miserably. It's this very human moment 'caught' on tape that many of us have experienced, cranked to the umpteenth hyperbolic degree, which makes for such a promising debut. Of course the whole thing is improvised, but what's really exciting about the Brother's work here (against it's silliness and obvious limitations) is the musicality…
mark please stop stealing my house keys and changing my answering machine message my family is getting worried.
