Written by Pat Rushdan,The Zero Theoremis striking a chord with film lovers everywhere.

Hi,how are you doing today?

Terry Gilliam:Im surviving having to listen to myself say the same thing, again and again.

Well try and give you something a little different.

And thank you so much for your time, and really, just thank you for being!

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TG:Oh thanks, or apologies, Im not sure which.

I take it on a good level, dont worry about it.

TG:Okay good.

TG:Its kind of weird.

And little by little, I start identifying with the character.

At the end of the day, I dont know if the character came first or I came first.

TG:Yeah, I hope so.

I think she will.

Shes at least got out of a rather sordid job, so shes free in that sense.

The boy (Bob), he might be okay, I dont know.

Qohen at least finds a kind of peace at the end.

At least its something.

That were being told were supposed to have whats natural and whats unnatural.

Do you find yourself piecing together from films youve made in the past while youre making something like this?

Thats why it was easy to be seduced by it.

I kept thinking, Heres my chance to make a compendium of everything Ive done.

It was about the world we lived in then.

The way I saw the world we lived in.

Thats us today, really.

TG:I think thats what happens.

Look at the human race; it seems to be unable to stop itself.

wars, world wars, plagues, everything.

Its clearer that nobody is in control any more.

And I dont know how it stops itself.

TG:No, we had a budget of eight and a half million.

Thats nothing for what were trying to do here.

Heres whats funny about that song.

At the beginning, we did a little pre-shoot, which was Bainsleys website.

And then that song Creep came on and I had never heard it.

I didnt know it was a Radiohead song, originally, or nothing.

I thought, This sounds good, and Melanie [Thierry] felt comfortable using that as her music.

And off we went!

That was the end of it.

As the film finished, and we were in the editing room that song just seemed so emotionally evocative.

When we put it on, in the end, which was not our original plan.

I thought, Fuck!

Its like it was written for the film!

Thats one of those weird things, thats where the serendipitous nature of filmmaking comes to the front.

I dont know how one is pulled to all these different things.

I didnt do it, it just happened by chance.

Thats when I get mystical and think the film is making itself, and just does these things.

We seemed to have enough money to get the Radiohead song.

I had never even heard the Radiohead version I still havent heard the Radiohead version.

TG:Yeah, its beautiful!

Its so funny when I didnt know the lyrics until very, very late in the day.

I tend to work that way.

I dont do my homework, sometimes, and I dont intellectualize.

It feels right, lets do it!

And thats how the films get made.

Heres surfing the web.

Youve got to work harder to find solid information.

I mean, theres plenty of information out there.

I dont know what people do with that information.

I wonder what happens when they finally agree to get together, to meet at a restaurant.

I dont know how it works anymore when it comes to dating.

Those were interesting times.

We seem to be reverting to the 19th century, more and more.

Especially with corporations being as big and powerful in society, as great as it is now.

Weve moved back in time.

TG:I dont know, Im not going that route.

Ive really held off.

It may be foolish, but weve gotten the money from more normal sources.

They may see that theyre involved, but thats fake.

I just want their money, as most people do.

Thats where the sadness is.

They need that to feel that theyre part of something.

It just feels a little bit abstract and distant for my taste.

And I may just be an old, emotional luddite, as opposed to a technological one.

Have you ever thought about moving on to different mediums?

I know TV now is becoming more where filmmakers are going.

Have you ever thought about moving into something like that?

TG:The12 Monkeysthing I have no connection with.

I wasnt even told about it until I read about it on the web.

It has nothing to do with me.

I find it interesting to find out that Jeffrey Goines is being turned into a woman.

I think that theyve got just another time travel series.

Of course, Chris Marker is dead, so he doesnt have to see it, whatLe Jeteespawned.

Whats happening with television, with cable, thats where all the good work is coming from.

I think films are really getting in trouble, because the writers are moving to television.

Its a strange time.

Its based on an old script that hadnt found life in the world of cinema.

The problem is, I like making things for the big screen.

The scale of the experience is very different.

For what its worth,Zero Theoremwas shot sixteen by nine, as opposed to 9.5:1 or 2.3.5:1.

It is exactly one-size fits all.

Its exactly the same size on your TV, your iPhone, or the cinema.

Its the exact same image.

But its a very different experience, when you see it big.

Thank you so much for your time!

I cant wait for whatever else is coming out.

Zero Theoremis now playing in select cities and is available through VOD.

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