Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Writer-director David Michod rose to fame in 2010 with his debut film "Animal Kingdom," the critically-acclaimed Australian crime drama.
His new film "The Rover," his first in four years, is set in a futuristic and lawless Australian outback, 10 years after a global economic collapse.
In the film, a group of thieves steals a car belonging to a ruthless drifter named Eric, played by Guy Pearce. Singularly focused on getting his car back by any means possible, Eric takes one of the thieves' brothers hostage — a troubled young man named Rey, played by Robert Pattinson.
David Michod joins Take Two to talk about the inspiration behind the gritty, futuristic road movie "The Rover."