Gazer

AroView: A scrappy micro-budget thriller filmed for maximum retro effect in 16mm on the streets of New York with only a few actors and a curious concept.

Ariella Mastroianni plays a widowed mother who has been separated from her daughter due to a health condition known as dyschronometria (impaired time perception). The film pays surrealistic homage to both Davids (Cronenberg and Lynch) but is most effective when it is telling a straighter tale of a woman teetering on the edge while a strident industrial score does some of the talking. While its risks don’t always work, it’s a debut that signals great promise from its actor-writer-director partnership.

“Energized by Ariella Mastroianni’s disoriented and frazzled lead performance, it begins unnervingly and ends, like all such sagas should, with haunting bleakness.” ~Nick Schager, The Daily Beast

“With a limited budget and a lot of dedication to the craft, the project is able to build on its references to thrillers from the ‘70s and ‘80s while finding its own footing.” ~Isabella Soares, Collider