While ‘Glazer’ Is Imperfect, the Debut Feature Introduces Us to Two Scrappy Talents Worth Watching
Ryan J. Sloan and his co-writer and lead actress, Ariella Mastroianni, cite Carol Reed’s ‘The Third Man,’ Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Conversation,’ and Lee Dang Chong’s ‘Burning’ as their inspirations.

Ryan J. Sloan’s “Gazer” is an imperfect movie that should be given the time of day. A low-budget venture filmed during nights and weekends over the course of two years, Mr. Sloan’s debut feature is a variation on the paranoid thriller, a genre in which a lone protagonist is confronted by circumstances that call into question the basic nature of reality. Power and money, whether in the form of a corporate entity or a governmental institution, often figures into it, as does a level of narrative disjunction.
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