Filmmaker Statement

A number of things inspired this film. One being my relationship with my actual sister. After visiting a friend in Connecticut, she stopped in the city to have dinner with me before heading back to New Jersey. I was exhausted from work. I kept apologizing over dinner how I was poor company. Our conversation was routine. One of us would divulge something, the other would criticize. It was the cab ride back to Penn Station where we had the truly honest and unguarded exchange. It was a five minute ride. We both really tried to reveal ourselves to each other but failed. We couldn’t buy what the other was selling. That’s one of the tragedies of the human experience; despite the best intentions and need for connection, we rarely truly see a person who may only be inches from our face. I wanted to write a film that captured a sliver of that experience. And I wanted the characters to really see each other, if only for a fleeting moment. - Kathryn Rhoads