![]() ![]() ![]() It also stemmed from a desire to get back to a purity of filmmaking, after years of working on these huge movies that I enjoyed, but that were very pre-planned, where a lot of the decisions were made before I even got on set. James Ward Byrkit: It was based on the reality of not having any resources. The Dissolve: How did Coherence get started? Did it arise from the necessity of doing something on a small scale, or did the idea come first? Byrkit recently spoke with The Dissolve about the heavily improvised (and heavily planned) five-night shoot, the film’s Twilight Zone influence, and how he planned a movie that would keep revealing new information on multiple viewings. A power outage, some cracked cell phones, a single house that’s illuminated down the street: So begins a series of mysteries that deepen as the guests investigate and get embroiled in a phenomenon that may or may not be explained by quantum physics. Of the eight friends who gather for the party, which roils with gossip and romantic tension even before the night takes a turn, Em (Emily Foxler) figures most prominently, but at least initially, Byrkit takes a greater interest in how her friends function (or don’t) as a collective. Shot over five nights in Byrkit’s house, Coherence takes place at a dinner party as a comet streaks across the sky overhead, causing a strange disruption in the basic firmament of reality. Released to excellent reviews-including an Essential Viewing tag from The Dissolve-the film combines a mind-bending premise with surprisingly thoughtful and emotional underpinnings. Byrkit has finally stepped out on his own with Coherence, a micro-budgeted indie that makes up in big ideas what it lacks in resources. Given the careful planning that goes into a Verbinski production, Byrkit’s collaboration with him was always close, but it got closer still when the two wrote the story for the eccentric animated movie Rango together. Prior to making a feature directorial debut with the ingenious science-fiction brain-teaser Coherence, James Ward Byrkit made short films and commercials, and worked closely with Gore Verbinski as a storyboard artist and illustrator on the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies.
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