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Directors:  Anthony Marinelli

Screenwriter:  Anthony Marinelli

Genre:  Short Dramatic Comedy

 

When you are on the phone or in the air, you have no body. - Marshall McLuhan

 

Acoustic Space is a short story about how technology has changed the way people communicate.  In this ever increasing exponential advancement of technological evolution, we have become immersed in an environment saturated with electronic information overload. So immersed, that we often lose ourselves in distractions, unable to be present in the real world environment happening right in front of us. We are now so connected to our devices that leaving home without them is akin to walking out the door without any shoes on. The more connected we are to our devices, the less connected we are to one another. 

 

Acoustic Space tells the story of a couple who are out to dinner together at a nice restaurant. However, the idea that they are together is debatable as the film explores an examination of how the intersection of human connectivity and interpersonal communication has been impacted by technology. Michael and Arlene are humorously engaged in a mutually extended attempt to communicate but are unable to have a conversation because their cell phones are continuously interrupting their ability to be present.

 

Adapted from his festival award winning One Act stage play, Anthony Marinelli has written the screenplay and directed this short with his attuned ear for cleverly written dialogue, and acute awareness for cinematic nuance, complimented by the complexity of the characters he developed to tell this story with fine actors who truthfully and wonderfully bring them to life.

As the film plays out, any viewer living in this modern age will undoubtedly see aspects of themselves or people they know reflected on screen through the reality that how we communicate and relate continues to be changed with each new swipe, tap, text, email, vibration, and ringtone alert.