March 14, 2014

Pat Rushin discusses his first feature film and the screenplays that inspired his work in the latest edition of Pegasus magazine. Rushin is the screenwriter behind The Zero Theorem, the latest film directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Christoph Waltz, Matt Damon, and Tilda Swinton.

The Zero Theorem is a futuristic fantasy directed by Terry Gilliam (Brazil) that stars Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) as an antisocial computer hacker on a quest to discover the meaning of life in an unsolvable math problem. The film blends themes of existential angst, corporate proliferation and the conundrum that everything actually adds up to nothing in Gilliam’s signature wild visual style.

To read the rest of the article, including Q & A with Rushin, visit UCF Pegasus.