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Forget Westerns: \u201cThe Ballad of Lefty Brown\u201d director Jared Mosh\u00e9 is going on a whole different journey.<\/p>\n
In \u201cAporia,\u201d which world premieres at Fantasia, Sophie (Judy Greer) is trying to keep things together after her Mal husband is killed in a drunk-driving accident. Struggling to comfort teenage daughter, she makes a shocking discovery: his friend, a former physicist, has managed to build a mysterious machine.<\/p>\n
Edi Gathegi, Faithe Herman and Payman Maadi also star. <\/p>\n
\u201cI like to call it a time-traveling movie that never goes back in time,\u201d Mosh\u00e9 tells Variety.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had this idea: What if there was a gun you could shoot into the past? I didn\u2019t want to, say, kill baby Hitler and change the entire world, but show a character who wants to regain control of her life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI started writing this when I became a father. I was getting \u2018The Ballad\u2019 off the ground, I moved to L.A. Everything felt so uncontrollable and yet I had to take care of my kid. I wanted to put that into a screenplay,\u201d he explains. <\/p>\n
Despite introducing \u201cthe most powerful machine in the world,\u201d Mosh\u00e9 was more interested in emotions than special effects. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy big direction to [production designer] Ariel Vida was: \u2018Make it look like a fire hazard\u2019,\u201d he laughs.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like the junk you throw away, because these aren\u2019t rich people. I wanted it to feel like it could happen in the most unassuming building, on the most unassuming street. When they finally use it, you are not sure if it\u2019s even going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n
When it does, however, his grieving characters are forced to make some very difficult choices.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like to say it\u2019s \u2018Blue Valentine\u2019 meets \u2018Primer\u2019 or \u2018Ex Machina\u2019 meets \u2018Moonlight,\u2019\u201d he observes. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey are outsiders. Jabir is an immigrant, Mal wanted to build rockets and had an accident that hurt him physically, but mental damage was even worse. Sophie wanted stability, that\u2019s why she became a nurse. They have built this little world for themselves, so what happens when it falls apart?\u201d<\/p>\n
He adds: \u201cI wanted to explore what makes human connections, what makes a family. Even shared pain is better than not sharing anything, but I didn\u2019t want to make a depressing movie. I want people to walk out of the cinema and go play with their kid or hug their husband. The world feels so scary that cinema should be a place of hope now.\u201d <\/p>\n
Following its premiere at Fantasia, \u201cAporia\u201d \u2013 an Armian Pictures Production in association with Soapbox Films and BondIt Media Capital, with Well Go USA attached \u2013 will be released theatrically in the U.S. on Aug. 11, despite the ongoing writers and SAG strike.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not changing dates at this point,\u201d stresses Mosh\u00e9. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s awful that the AMPTP [Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers] has forced creators to take to the streets rather than give them a fair deal. I 100% support everything that\u2019s going on. It\u2019s bittersweet, but I hope people will still see these great performances and realize the value that writers and performers bring to this industry. And hopefully AMPTP will come back to the table and pay people what they deserve. <\/p>\n
Due to the strike, Greer couldn\u2019t be interviewed by Variety.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is such an incredible actor,\u201d enthuses her director, however.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was this scene in \u2018The Descendants\u2019 with her and George Clooney. Suddenly, she was the emotional heart of the movie! She can turn on a dime between nuance and broad comedy, and David Gordon Green uses that amazingly in \u2018Halloween.\u2019 Her face is so expressive and Edi [who plays her husband] is like a rock. Together, they sparkled on screen.\u201d <\/p>\n
Despite his love for Westerns \u2013 apart from \u201cThe Ballad of Lefty Brown\u201d he also directed \u201cDead Man\u2019s Burden\u201d \u2013 Mosh\u00e9 is not giving up on science fiction anytime soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a kid, I read every single book by Isaac Asimov and that\u2019s a lot of books. I have another sci-fi project I am hoping to get off the ground. And it\u2019s really nice not to direct horses.\u201d<\/p>\n
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