Long Hello and Short Goodbye is a 1999 German neo-noir crime film direcetd by Rainer Kaufmann, produced by Studio Hamburg Letterbox Filmproduktion and co-authored by Jeff Vintar and Martin Rauhaus [de; tr].

The film features a complex neo-noir flashback structure that centers on seemingly dead characters littering the bloody floor of a fancy apartment.

[citation needed] At one time, Gustavo Mosquera, who had directed Moebius, was slated as its director, with John Woo and partner Terence Chang producing under their Lion Rock banner.

[citation needed] The screenplay that eventually made it to the screen was developed by the production company Circle of Confusion.

"got cold feet"[This quote needs a citation] and re-edited the film to give it a linear narrative, which became the version that made it to the screen.