Detective Noir is one of the oldest genres of film, dating back to the 1940’s. It’s evolved thanks to experimental filmmakers like Rian Johnson (“Brick”), Christopher Nolan (“Memento”) and even The Coen Brothers (“The Big Lebowski,” “Blood Simple,” “The Man Who Wasn’t There”...you get the picture.) The latest offering in the genre is “Gazer,” a lo-fi addition to the canon, which just arrived from writer/director Ryan J. Sloan and lead actor/writer Ariella Mastroianni.
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Losing time is one of my primary fears. Having dealt with a grandparent who experienced dementia while I was in high school, the idea that you can be doing something then a millisecond later you can be on a completely different task has always been terrifying to me. What happened in the interim? What if you were taking care of someone or something important? Now imagine you’re in a modern film noir like “Gazer,” the feature debut from Ryan J. Sloan.
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Months after making the rounds on the festival circuit, including the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and Cannes, Ryan J. Sloan’s debut feature “Gazer" is finally coming to the big screen this April. The stylish mystery stars Ariella Mastroianni (who co-wrote the film with Sloan) as a mother who gets in over her head trying to protect her daughter. Oh, and she perceives time differently than the rest of us. Piece of cake, right?
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