{"id":5092,"date":"2009-03-12T03:42:54","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T03:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2009-03-12T03:42:54","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T03:42:54","slug":"interview-guillermo-arriaga-on-the-burning-plain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/03\/12\/interview-guillermo-arriaga-on-the-burning-plain\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Guillermo Arriaga on The Burning Plain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0037247\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5095\" title=\"Guillermo Arriaga\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/guillermo-arriaga-wide.jpg\" alt=\"Guillermo Arriaga\" width=\"500\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0037247\/\">Guillermo Arriaga<\/a><\/strong> is a Mexican writer and director best known for his work on films such as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amores_perros\">Amores Perros<\/a> (2000), <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/21_Grams\">21 Grams<\/a> (2003), <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Three_Burials_of_Melquiades_Estrada\">The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada<\/a> (2005) and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Babel_(film)\">Babel<\/a> (2006).<\/p>\n<p>His latest film is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1068641\/\">The Burning Plain<\/a><\/strong> which stars <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlize_Theron\">Charlize Theron<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kim_Basinger\">Kim Basinger<\/a> as two women in different parts of America struggling to deal with their lives.<\/p>\n<p>It also stars\u00a0<a title=\"Danny Pino\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Danny_Pino\">Danny Pino<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Jennifer Lawrence\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Lawrence\">Jennifer Lawrence<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Joaquim de Almeida\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joaquim_de_Almeida\">Joaquim de Almeida<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"J.D. Pardo\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J.D._Pardo\">J.D. Pardo<\/a>, <a title=\"Robin Tunney\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robin_Tunney\">Robin Tunney<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Brett Cullen\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brett_Cullen\">Brett Cullen<\/a>\u00a0with cinematography by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Elswit\">Robert Elswit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I recently spoke with Guillermo in London about the film and we discussed his distinctive approach to narrative and other aspects of the movie.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the interview here:<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/filmdetail.receptionmedia.com\/Guillermo_Arriaga_on_The_Burning_Plain.mp3]\n<p>You can download this\u00a0interview\u00a0as a podcast via iTunes by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=251424468\">clicking here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Burning Plain\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>is out at UK cinemas on Friday 13th March<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/filmdetail.receptionmedia.com\/Guillermo_Arriaga_on_The_Burning_Plain.mp3\">Download this interview as an MP3 file<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0037247\/\">Guillermo Arriaga<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1068641\/\">The Burning Plain<\/a> at the IMDb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guillermo Arriaga is a Mexican writer and director best known for his work on films such as Amores Perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) and Babel (2006). 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