gray hair, at a concert hanging
over the blockage fencing and
smiling watching the show as
everyone around her is filming
it. You wonder how much of the
show are they actually watching
verses how much of their time
is spent posting videos and pic-
tures to social media. The old
woman is the only one smiling
and actually enjoying herself.
She’s probably the only one
that actually remembers it.
Do you think technology like
mobile phones has helped so-
ciety or hurt it? Both. When cell
phones were just for calling and
texting I think things were still
very normal. I’d almost say its
really not mobile phones that
have hurt society, its the addic-
tion to social media, now its real
time social media and with the
introduction to the smart phone
its all at your fingertips.
On the flip side, technology is
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amazing. I can run my business
from my iPhone. Be anywhere
with wifi whether on land or in
the air and still work, book as-
semblies and answer emails. I
edited a lot of Kill Mills from a
beach in Tulum, Mexico. Whats
not great about that?
What are your plans for the
film? Any future screenings
scheduled? Do you already
know what your next film proj-
ect will be? Early on, my girl-
friend said to me “I have a feel-
ing about this one” and she
may have been right. We’ve
been asked to attend 2 other
film festivals this summer in-
cluding New Hope and Jersey
Shore, and we are up for an
award at one of them . I’m al-
ready writing a new film and
it’s definitely a departure from
Shellfish. The thing about Shell-
fish is that despite the satirical
vibe, the content, characters,
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