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Interview with Gabriel Mascaro for The Blue Trail (O último azul) presented at 2025 Toronto International Film Festival - Centerpiece section. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com.
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Timestamps:
0:17 Where were you as an artist in the year where you released 2019's Divine Love - same time as Jair Bolsonaro became president of Brazil.
3:00 The themes or ideas of hope and dystopia aren't commonly meshed together in narratives, how did you conceive this at the writing stages?
5:18 - You gave us a resourceful lead character - when you were in the casting process how did you think about the physical attributes or characteristics that was needed for the role?
7:07 - I love the sensuality in your cinema - talk to me about the insertion of this component in your cinema.
9:08 - You make specific aspect ratio choice - there is addition through subtraction - what did the producers think about how you actually compressing Brazil's naturally lavish Amazon backdrop.
11:40 - You are at a very interesting juncture in your own film journey - how do you now challenge yourself?
13:00 - Where are you now right now with the film's journey?
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CREDITS:
Producers: Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay. Executive producers: Paulo Domingues, Rachel Daisy Ellis, Murilo Hauser.
Co-producers: Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot.
Director: Gabriel Mascaro.
Screenplay: Gabriel Mascaro, Tibério Azul.
Camera: Guillermo Garza.
Editor: Omar Guzmán, Sebastián Sepúlveda. Music: Memo Guerra.
Cast: Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socarrás, Adanilo.
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
Interview with Gabriel Mascaro for The Blue Trail (O último azul) presented at 2025 Toronto International Film Festival - Centerpiece section. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com.
Please support us by SUBSCRIBING to our Youtube channel!:
youtube.com/user/ioncinema?sub_confirmation=1
Let us know what you think of August Winds (2014), Neon Bull (2015), Divine Love (2019), The Blue Trail (2025) - leave your comments below!
Timestamps:
0:17 Where were you as an artist in the year where you released 2019's Divine Love - same time as Jair Bolsonaro became president of Brazil.
3:00 The themes or ideas of hope and dystopia aren't commonly meshed together in narratives, how did you conceive this at the writing stages?
5:18 - You gave us a resourceful lead character - when you were in the casting process how did you think about the physical attributes or characteristics that was needed for the role?
7:07 - I love the sensuality in your cinema - talk to me about the insertion of this component in your cinema.
9:08 - You make specific aspect ratio choice - there is addition through subtraction - what did the producers think about how you actually compressing Brazil's naturally lavish Amazon backdrop.
11:40 - You are at a very interesting juncture in your own film journey - how do you now challenge yourself?
13:00 - Where are you now right now with the film's journey?
CONNECT with IONCINEMA.com
Visit our website: ioncinema.com
Twitter: twitter.com/ioncinema
Facebook: facebook.com/ioncinema
Instagram: instagram.com/ioncinema
CREDITS:
Producers: Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay. Executive producers: Paulo Domingues, Rachel Daisy Ellis, Murilo Hauser.
Co-producers: Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot.
Director: Gabriel Mascaro.
Screenplay: Gabriel Mascaro, Tibério Azul.
Camera: Guillermo Garza.
Editor: Omar Guzmán, Sebastián Sepúlveda. Music: Memo Guerra.
Cast: Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socarrás, Adanilo.
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
