Adrian Bartol & Will Brandt - AMERICAN DESERT - Episode 28

Salt Lake Dirt

English - June 08, 2021 22:02 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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One of the stand out films of this year's Brooklyn Film Festival was American Desert. On this episode of the podcast I spoke with Adrian Bartol (writer/director) and Will Brandt (lead actor) about their process for developing this incredibly important film.

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FILM SYNOPSIS: It's 2010, Matt Benning (Will Brandt) 24, has returned from Afghanistan to a wrecked economy. Demons of war haunt him, a romance blossoms, all as he drags his unwilling soul to normalcy. But for him, destiny is no cookie cutter house. A vortex of drug use and violence corners him into working for a psychopathic meth dealer. His only escape then becomes surrendering to the majestic and unforgiving isolation of the American Desert... (Source: american-desert.com)

Watch the trailer for American Desert here.
Official Website for American Desert
IG for Will Brandt