Crappy film

Absolutely brilliant

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Yes, it's a nice, sentimental "love story" with inanimate objects playing the lead roles: We have the shy portable tape player trying to get the attention of the cute, female little CD boom box. Help from an old Victrola (gramophone?) makes the two young ones connect. Basically, that's it.However, what I liked best was the art work in here. I thought it was just fascinating.The hand ink-like drawings were detailed and the color schemes were great, usually just two colors in the scenes. It thought it far surpassed the story, which was okay but nothing special.

This animated short is a little like the typical story of the guy who wants to meet the girl, but isn't sure if he is really good enough for her, and it's illustrated by the ever-changing world of technology.The guy, in this case, is a cassette player that uses country music to express his feeling of forlorning, only in the privacy of his own room, not the girl's company (the girl in this case is a CD boombox with all the bells and whistles; the popular girl by all means). The guy just doesn't know what to do to express his desire to her, so he searches the help of an old record player, who lets him record the album of his dreams and throws away the country music.It's an interesting way of telling the story, having the technology as representative of outward appearance and the music itself as the expressions inside that all three can share. It also has kind of an interesting little twist to it... when the cassette boy is playing the song for the girl, she accepts him by connecting her speakers into his headphone-jack, which is kind of a reverse-sex situation. This probably is representative of how technology and change through time has created a situation where penetration (dominance) is not really a guy's domain, and the guy's job in a heterosexual relationship is to attract the girl who holds all the cards. Very roll reversal situation neatly illustrated.--PolarisDiB

Contains spoilers:I usually hate sentimental tripe, but this film manages to avoid being banal. The cassette tape head is too shy (keeps fumbling while trying to insert a tape) to talk to the cd player head character. His old friend the gramaphone/record helps him find the way to express himself. It's just done perfectly. The right length of time, the way the music and technology are used/portrayed. Even for a cynic who hates sappy stuff, I found this to be a very cute short. I would highly recommend it. This was the best of all the animated shorts I saw as part of the MIke Judge & Don Hertzfeldt "The Animation Show" collection.

I have seen "Hello" at the vienna independent short film festival. It was my clear favourite of the 20 or so films that it was shown with that night. The movie combines a high technical standard with a complete, well crafted story and a spirited idea that reflects so much in modern life. A young man lacks the words to approach a young, secure woman. He looks for advice from an older man and does indeed get advice. He is able to find the right words to get in touch with her. Only the young man is a tape deck, the young woman a CD Player and the old man a gramophone. Congratulations to its maker!