Aaron Wiederspahn Explores The Sensation of Sight

By Mallory Potosky
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/screenwriting/article/sensation_of_sight_aaron_wiederspahn_david_strathairn_20080903/
For his first feature, writer-director Aaron Wiederspahn has made a winding drama of epic proportions. The challenge, Wiederspahn says, was clear from the beginning: He must take the difficult route if he were to really bring this screenplay to life. In the end that means a movie that revolves around six main characters looking for resolutions to their shared problems. From the estranged father and son to the son’s problems with the law and his own young family, from a mourning brother to a lonely mother, the relationships Wiederspahn created weave a complicated tale of loss and rebirth.

Like the misplaced souls of its story, The Sensation of Sight has gone through a period of uncertainty when after many festival screenings it ended up with a rather unconventional distribution deal. It is this and more that Wiederspahn explains to MovieMaker on the occasion of the movie’s DVD release.