I began by mentioning a quote I liked that I thought would appeal to him as well. And I never just kept them in boxes. But people do. People die and people clean out their parent's cupboards and there are people who just don't like the images. My grandfather took home movies, and he took maybe four hours in a life time.
People shoot that much videotape pretty quickly now.
So the only way you can get your hands around the extensive archives we're creating is to tell a story. And in doing that we pull pieces out that can be presented to friends and others in a very nice way. Dana's stories tell a lot about growing up in New England, and the seaside town of Newburyport, Massachusetts. What puzzled me that while his main interest was talking to as many people around the world as possible, all he was interested in was the height of their antenna and the strength of their signal. I just gave every one of the 120 that contributed, two copies, and if people didn't like it they could turn the page, open up the ring binder and get rid of it or change the order for themselves.