At the 77th Cannes Film Festival, in the Director’s fortnight, this year director Ryan J. Sloan and actress Ariella Mastroianni brought their dream come true: “Gazer“. Shot in 16mm, Ryan J. Sloan’s debut feature was conceived, written, produced and financed by the director and lead actress Ariella Mastroianni. In his director’s notes Ryan J. Sloan wrote: “It is also a testament to the power of community” . With this declaration he’s not only thanking the people supporting his project and turning it into a reality but he’s sending a message out there in the cinema world. To really welcome a new generation of independent filmmakers, we need to create a community, a film movement. Ryan J. Sloan and Ariella Mastroianni unveil how they came across this time perception disorder,  dyschronometria, that had never been represented on screen. It comes from a novel, The man who is took his wife for a hat by Oliver Sacks, that Ariella Mastroianni was reading at the time they were desperately looking for a good film subject. Shot in 16 mm, the film, to quote J. Sloan again, is a love letter to the films that first inspired him. The post “Gazer”, interview with director Ryan J. Sloan and actress Ariella Mastroianni appeared first on Fred Film Radio.