A Chalk Short Film

Man's Best Friend

A wordless little film about a dog named Griffey — the years he gave, and the ache of letting go.

Short Documentary Dir. Chris Neal 2013
The Story

Every dog leaves the same way — too soon.

Man's Best Friend is a quiet portrait of Griffey: grainy home-movie mornings and backyard sprints, cut against the last still afternoons of an old dog asleep in a square of sunlight beside his bowl.

There's no narration and no script. Just the small, ordinary language of a life shared — a paw offered up, a head resting on a knee, a shape waiting in the open doorway. It's a film about the kind of love that never announces itself, and the goodbye that comes for it anyway.

"Griffey was put down a few months ago. Rest easy, old friend."

from the Film

Credits

Who Made it

Directed by
Chris A. Neal
Cinematography & Edit
Chris A. Neal
Sound Design
Logic Pro
Archival Footage
Home Video, 2005
Featuring
Griffey
Format
Short Documentary
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