At first, the love between them had long since dissolved before the start of the film, but we found it gave a greater degree of humanity to both characters to feel a need for each other as they endure the events of the movie. One of the big things that changed over the course of script development and filming was the character of David’s ex-wife Amy. How have the script and film evolved over the course of their development? And the devil wins, in that sense, so we wanted to visit a run of personal plagues on David over the course of his drive, and as he has no god other than himself, well.you’ll have to watch through to the end to see what we do with that.

What god never seems to realize, in my opinion, is that the devil never wanted to prove whether Job was faithful he wanted to prove that he could force god to impart suffering on one of his most loyal believers for the sake of his own ego. I bet you I can get him to turn on you.” And god takes the bet, releases a veritable shitstorm and Job, and watches contentedly as the poor man keeps his feeble faith. Essentially, the devil says to god, “Hey that guy Job really seems to love you. There’s a lot in this script that I found running parallel to the biblical book of Job, which has always been one of the more fascinating books of the bible to me. How do personal and universal themes work in your film? That being said, the traffic is more of a representation how David (the main character) moves through his life, and as the harsh realities from outside the traffic jam close in on him, people watching get pulled deeper and deeper into his losses. If you’ve ever been stuck in traffic, you’ll relate to the film immediately. He approached me to direct it and we made a few minor script adjustments and got to work.

The kernel for Gridlock was pretty simple the writer and lead actor Jeff Houkal has a very healthy, therapeutic way of interacting with other drivers on the road, particularly the ones that cut him off, fail to use turn signal, etc., and he wanted to take that frustrating experience of being stuck in traffic, surrounded by inferior drivers, and add an additional few layers of misery to it. We’re honored to be in the company of some really excellent work. Thank you, and thanks for featuring us on your site. Watch Gridlock on Tubi, Prime Video and VuduĬongratulations! Why did you make your film? A frustrated father’s morning takes a turn for the worse when tragedy strikes amid a traffic jam.

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