On the JARED MOSHE bandwagon since “Dead Man’s Burden”, his very first film which had its premiere at Los Angeles Film Festival in June 2012, it was a joy to speak with Jared once again in this exclusive interview talking about his latest film APORIA.
An exciting departure from his prior two films, westerns both, the most recent being “The Ballad of Lefty Brown” starring Bill Pullman, Peter Fonda, Tommy Flanagan, Lewis Pullman, and Jim Caveziel, APORIA posits thought-provoking questions of ethics and morality as told through the eyes of a young widow fighting for her emotional survival.
The word “aporia” is defined as being an irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a theory or argument. While Jared Moshe’s APORIA is very much a visualization of that definition, at its core APORIA is a love story that brings in elements of drama, playing God, and science-fiction reminiscent of films like “Primer”, “Safety Not Guaranteed”, “About Time”, “Kate & Leopold” and “Premonition”, giving it more intellectual and emotional accessibility to the moviegoing audience, leading us to what may well be the filmmaker’s desired conclusion; a conclusion that is open to interpretation by each one of us. APORIA is a personally interpretive and very metaphoric film.
Written and directed by Jared Moshé, APORIA stars Judy Greer, Edi Gathegi, Payman Maadi, and Faithe Herman in this exploration of the ways shared memories can define the human experience, as told through the eyes of newly widowed Sophie fighting for her emotional survival.
SYNOPSIS: “APORIA follows Sophie (Greer), who since losing her husband Mal (Gathegi) in a drunk-driving accident, has struggled to manage crippling grief, a full-time job, and the demands of parenting her devastated teenage daughter (Herman). When her husband’s best friend (Maadi), a former physicist, reveals he has been building a time-bending machine that could restore her former life, Sophie will be faced with an impossible choice — and unforeseeable consequences, posing the question ‘If you had the ability to alter the past, would you?’.”
Always a joy to speak with Jared, we discussed all aspects of the “making of” APORIA, among them:
- the genesis of the idea for the film
- the concept and structure
- narrowing the scope of events driving the film to just one family
- characters and casting
- pacing and editing; giving the audience time for reflection
- “the machine”; it’s purpose, it’s design, it’s ongoing work-in-progress construction
- cinematographer Nick Bupp, designing the color, visual grammar and style
- creating a raw indie film look with handheld camera work; ECUs versus midshots
- using color for emotions
- composer Scott Salinas, the score and the instrumentation
- visual motifs as a tacit tool for fueling conflict
- growth as a filmmaker and lessons learned as a filmmaker and storyteller
- and more
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by debbie elias, exclusive interview 07/27/2023
APORIA releases in theatres on August 11th
