Behind the Scenes

Running time: 3 minutes
Shot in a very small studio apartment in the East Village
Shot on Sept 1, 1999

• The film was shot on Hi8 and edited in Final Cut Pro.
  
  
• Happy Birthday is part of a longer film called Hi8 Message. In the film, we see several people sending mundane messages to family members and loved ones on video tape.
  
  
• Happy Birthday is also a part of a long fascination with insane, crying, mentally ill and incarcerated women, on the part of the filmmaker.