Scar Tissue was inspired by Aesop’s fable THE SLAVE AND THE LION. The updated version became about a dangerous man that obsessively needs to repay a kindness. What made the man dangerous was what he did for a living, or more precisely, to support his drug habit. He hurt people. But how? Upon doing some research I discovered the disturbing use of acid as a weapon.
Having experienced my parents Divorce I thought the most fertile ground for the story would be a custody battle. Knowing first hand the extremes that parents will go to "win" their child my protagonist became The Mother. Her act of kindness and desperate choice sets the story into motion.
SCAR TISSUE was filmed on location in New York. The cast and crew are all professionals that were very generous with their time and talent to tell this story.
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"We had to stay
twenty feet
away from the
entrance to
Roosevelt
hospital
emergency
where we were
shooting. We
couldn't have
acid man close
to the entrance
as written.
While adjusting,
the Film Gods
smiled on us.
An ambulance
parked right
where we
could hide
our actor."
- Angel David
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