Angela Ortíz and Rodrigo García
I recently had a great conversation with writer/director/producer Rodrigo García on his latest film, Last Days in the Desert. We talked about how this film is affecting the viewer and what he hopes people will take from it. And what he would like to work on next.
García is known for directing many independent films, including the award-winning Nine Lives and the three-time Academy Award-nominated Albert Nobbs, starring Glenn Close. He’s written and directed episodes of the HBO series In Treatment. His other television credits include the Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Carnivale and Big Love. He’s co-creator of WIGS, the digital drama channel of original content on YouTube. Rodrigo wrote and directed two of the series on WIGS, Blue with Julia Stiles, and Christine with America Ferrera.
Rodrigo García
Synopsis: Last Days in the Desert follows Jesus (Ewan McGregor) in an imagined chapter from his forty days of fasting and praying in the desert. On his way out of the wilderness, he struggles with the Devil, also played by McGregor, over the fate of an ordinary family (Tye Sheridan, Ciarán Hinds, and Ayelet Zurer) in crisis, setting for himself a dramatic test with distinctly human conflicts.
Now sit back and listen in on our conversation. The film is in theaters May 13.
