Oct 13, 2026 · 25 min · 11 segments
On The Line director, John Murlowski and actor, Shylo Molina join me for a very special interview ahead of the film’s World Premiere this Friday October 16th at the Bearsville Theater at 8:15pm at the…
Shylo MolinaGuest[phone dialing] All right, On the Line, we have John and Shiloh.
Thanks for joining me today, guys.
Great to be here.
John, my jaw hit the floor, uh, when I read that this was inspired by a true story.
Could you perhaps, uh, preface things for us today with, with how you decided to-
... r- revisit this time in your life?
I love when he talks about this.
[laughs] Um, I was in film school, got out of film school, wasn't sure, like, should I dive in and make movies like I wanted to, or should I go and learn about the world? And all the great artists have trauma and turmoil in their lives, and I grew up in Minnesota with a great life, and I had none of that.
And so I called a friend of mine who's a psychologist, I went to school with him in Minneapolis, and I said, "What should I do?" And he goes, "Dummy, you're in LA.
You're in the backyard of the original hotline." The LA Suicide Prevention Center is the first hotline ever that the model was made on.
[laughs]
So I, I volunteered, and I'm still there, and that was right after college, so I've been there forever.
A, a good portion of what in the, uh, in this movie happened, happened to me.
And I don't wanna give too much away, 'cause there's some surprises in the movie, but some things happened that challenged me ethically, morally.
[phone dialing] All right, On the Line, we have John and Shiloh.
Thanks for joining me today, guys.
Great to be here.
John, my jaw hit the floor, uh, when I read that this was inspired by a true story.
Could you perhaps, uh, preface things for us today with, with how you decided to-
... r- revisit this time in your life?
I love when he talks about this.
[laughs] Um, I was in film school, got out of film school, wasn't sure, like, should I dive in and make movies like I wanted to, or should I go and learn about the world? And all the great artists have trauma and turmoil in their lives, and I grew up in Minnesota with a great life, and I had none of that.
And so I called a friend of mine who's a psychologist, I went to school with him in Minneapolis, and I said, "What should I do?" And he goes, "Dummy, you're in LA.
You're in the backyard of the original hotline." The LA Suicide Prevention Center is the first hotline ever that the model was made on.
[laughs]
So I, I volunteered, and I'm still there, and that was right after college, so I've been there forever.
A, a good portion of what in the, uh, in this movie happened, happened to me.
And I don't wanna give too much away, 'cause there's some surprises in the movie, but some things happened that challenged me ethically, morally.
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