6 broken bones, and letters to Ethan Hawke (a short film by Aidan Smock)

6 broken bones, a short film inspired by my collection (57 Letters to Ethan Hawke)

Filmed, selected, and edited by my son Aidan Smock. 
Selected by and starring my son Noah Michael Smock.

Selected works from the book:

Letter 071224

Dear Ethan Hawke

In Ohio there is a black frog with a star on its back that no one has ever seen. Men trip each other to death.

Letter 062224

Dear Ethan Hawke

I deleted this letter. This is the new one.

Letter 072324 someone smuggled a bone into heaven

Dear Ethan Hawke

Someone smuggled a bone into heaven.

Letter 062824 voiceovers

Dear Ethan Hawke

Nothing creation makes is as ghostless as a baby. If a being needs rest, then a being can get sick, get better, be killed. Pain keeps the body in the past. I drink in the present. 

Letter 071724

Dear Ethan Hawke

I feel I’ve been in the room where I’ll die. My little nod to a flower is god at this hour.

Letter 072524

Dear Ethan Hawke

I am sitting on a diving board with a rabbit in my lap. Most of the rabbit is dead. I try with my shadow to moan through the water. A stillness stretches god.

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