Word: moss
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Moss spent four years following five of the former Riverdogs, documenting the various tragedies and triumphs that they encounter in their middle age. Moss spends the most time with Barry, who splits his life between his mother, his family and his mayoral re-election campaign...
...People will bring their own beliefs to how they think Jim’s life is. I don’t pity him at all,” Moss says. “I think he’s living the life he means to have, and it’s maybe not the life I would have chosen. But in the film, he functions as a kind of control group. He’s like what would have happened if we’d all stayed on the trip...
Here, the themes of the film emerge, as these individuals express what Moss calls “a kind of continuousness of values between then and now.” The film tries to reject the conventional portrayal of the hippie-gone-capitalist, instead suggesting that the river that embodied their youthful freedom still directs their lives in different ways...
...Moss says he is very satisfied with the resulting film and the attention that it’s been receiving. He was shocked to hear that the film was accepted by Sundance —where it will be screened on Jan. 18—and says he refuses to believe that he has a chance of winning the Documentary Competition, remarking that the entries are “all great films...
...Moss uses every frame to underscore time passing, an awareness of mortality that illuminates a kind of passionate caring in the character,” he says...