O Último Azul with Gabriel Mascaro and Lily Mariye (Ep. 552)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Director Gabriel Mascaro discusses his new film, O Último Azul, with fellow Director Lily Mariye in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses crafting a dystopian future that speculates on change in societal practices over technological advancement, finding real-life inspiration for the film in his grandparents’ life, and the rigorous attention to detail that went into the film’s sound design. The film tells the story of 77-year-old Tereza, who has lived her whole life in a small industrial town in Brazil. When she receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony, Tereza decides to take a journey that will fulfill one last wish before her freedom is taken away. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/events/2025/august2025/gcs_o-ultimo-azul_0625

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0:00.0	I was really interested in more than observing futuristic gadget or something like that that could represent space and time and futurisms.
0:10.0	I was really looking for change in the behavior of this society. Hello and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:39.2	In this episode, an elderly woman embarks on a transformative journey through the rivers and
0:44.3	tributaries of the Amazon and director Gabriel Mascaro's drama, O Ultimo Azul, which was screened
0:51.3	as part of the DGA's global cinema series.
0:57.4	The film tells the story of 77-year-old Teresa,
1:01.4	who has lived her whole life in a small industrial town in Brazil.
1:07.0	When she receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony,
1:12.3	Teresa decides to take a journey that will fulfill one last wish before her freedom is taken away. In addition to OOTimo Azul, Muscaro's other directorial credits include the feature
1:19.7	films High Rise, Neon Bowl, August Wins, Housemaids, and divine love.
1:32.6	Following the global cinema series screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,
1:37.4	Mascaro spoke with director Lily Marier about filming O O'Timo Asul.
1:40.8	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:51.4	Good evening, everybody.
1:53.5	I'm Lily Marrier.
2:02.4	As a member of the special projects committee, I'd like to thank you for coming out to our Global Cinema Series, presentation of the Berlin International Film Festival's Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winner, Oolchima Ozu.
2:12.4	And we're so lucky to have the writer and director as our very special guest this evening via Zoom from Shanghai.
2:22.6	Please welcome Gabriel Mascaro.
2:26.9	Hi, everyone.
2:28.2	I'm so happy to be here.
2:30.7	And so I'm very excited to talk to you and so special for me to learn from you from this conversation.
2:39.0	Okay. I hope you do.
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