Outward racism and homophobia shocked me back to my youth -- I realized that, after fifteen years of being away, many things had not changed. For fear of trouble, we decided to keep the film's gay subject matter a secret -- which was a bizarre twist when I was making a film about affirming who I was.

EDGE could not have been more autobiographical. Old photographs influenced casting choices. We filmed at many of the actual locations from my past, including my own house. My own saved new wave clothes became costumes. A week into shooting, it all just got to be too much. In one of the most agonizing decisions of my life, I felt the film would benefit from a more objective pair of eyes, and asked producer David Moreton to take over the director's chair.