QUESTION#1: How do your top 3 favorite films influence your filmmaking?: 

Fargo, Clockwork Orange, Punch Drunk Love - Movies that take time, are dark but have humor, are pretty to look at even in their darkness.

QUESTION#2: What do you wish someone would ask you about your film and why?:

Are the plants real?

QUESTION#3: What scared you the most about making this film?:

Needing to have all of the plants of different sizes for the growth sequence.

QUESTION#4: You have to choose one to make your next movie: 1) unlimited budget but only a single take of every shot 2) Academy award winning composer, but they're not allowed to watch the film 3) A-list cast, but they're directed using only charades. Which one do you pick and why?:

Unlimited budget but only a single take for sure. I don't like doing many takes anyway. I like being ultra prepared.

QUESTION#5: What's does the future hold for this film and you?:

First, this festival is likely the last screening for this film. Second, I'm writing a feature based on this film and it's themes. Hoping to find financing in 2024.

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