''Interface'' is a 1984 American

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film, starring John Davies,

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and Mathew Sacks. It was

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's first film role, as Punk #1. Primarily directed by Andy Anderson, ''Interface'' was a production of Anderson's film program at the

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. The film was scripted, acted, and initially directed entirely by UTA students.

Plot

The film takes place on a fictional college campus. Davies, starring as a professor, discovers a secret society of masked

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on campus; they seemingly kill his star pupil. Hobson attempts to uncover and neutralize the society, even as he himself becomes a suspect in his student's death.

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