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In the last couple of years, I have produced what I call "The Dead Mall Series," 32 short films and counting about dead malls.
在過去的幾年里，我制作了所謂的“廢棄的商場系列”。32部關于廢棄商場的短片，數量還在增加。
Now, for those of you who are not familiar with what a dead mall is, it's basically a shopping mall that has fallen into hard times.
如果你們不熟悉什么是廢棄的商場，它就是一座商場，陷入了艱難的境地。
So it either has few shops and fewer shoppers, or it's abandoned and crumbling into ruin. No sale at Penny's.
所以要么它里面的商店和顧客越來越少，要么它被棄置，坍塌成一片廢墟。Penny's不打折了。
I started producing this series in early 2015 after going through kind of a dark period in my life
我開始制作這個系列的時候是2015年初，在我經歷了人生中的低谷之后，
where I just didn't want to create films anymore.
我那時候不想再做電影了。
I put my camera away and I just stopped. So in 2015, I decided to make a short film about the Owings Mills Mall.
我收起了相機，直接甩手不干了。在2015年，我決定做一個介紹Owings Mills商場的短片。
Owings Mills Mall opened in 1986. I should know because I was there on opening day.
Owings Mills商場開業于1986年。我應該知道這個，因為開業那天我就在現場。
I was there with my family, along with every other family in Baltimore,
我和我的家人一起，和巴爾的摩的每家每戶一起，
and you had to drive around for 45 minutes just to find a parking spot.
你得開車繞來繞去45分鐘，就為了找到一個停車位。
So if you can imagine, that's not happening at the malls today.
所以你能想象，今天的任何一個商場開業都不會再有這樣的盛況了。
My first mall job that I had as a teenager was at a sporting goods store called Herman's World of Sports. Maybe you remember.
我少年時期的第一份商場的工作是在一家叫“Herman的體育世界”的運動用品店里。可能你記得。
Herman's World of Sports. You guys remember that?
Herman的體育世界。你們記得這個嗎？
Yeah, so I worked in a lady's shoe store. I worked in a leather goods store, and I also worked in a video store,
是的，我在女鞋店里工作過。也在皮革制品店里工作過，還在影像店里工作過，
and not being one who was very fond of the retail arts -- I got fired from every single job.
作為一個并不是很喜歡銷售藝術的人--每一份工作我都被炒魷魚了。
