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The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith

Air Q&A - Alex Convery

The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith

Jeff Goldsmith

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4.6640 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews screenwriter Alex Convery about his debut film - Air.

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0:00.0

You know, never giving up when it comes down to it is totally worth it. Today's guest was on the

0:04.1

blacklist a few times. He kept writing, and finally, his first film has been produced with a stellar

0:09.8

cast when it comes down to it. If the shoe fits, wear it. Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Howdy,

0:16.5

I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A. My agenda is simple. Each week, I plan to bring you in-depth insight into the creative process of storytelling and folks I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A. My agenda is simple. Each week I plan to bring you

0:21.0

in-depth insight into the creative process of storytelling. And folks, I'm very excited to have

0:25.7

with us today, screenwriter Alex Convary on his first produced film, Air. That's right, about the

0:31.7

making of the Air Jordan Shoe. And he did a hell of a job. The film came out in theaters, people went and saw it, and it

0:39.1

has a great cast, and it's a lot of fun. And when it comes down to it, Alex was very forthcoming

0:43.9

about his creative process and what it took to get air made. So I know you'll dig this episode.

0:50.0

And speaking of things to dig, folks, Backstory Magazine just released our 50th issue.

0:55.4

So I've spoken about Backstory a lot in this podcast.

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I don't think I need to tell you too much about it.

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I hope you will join us in celebration of our 50th issue.

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1:34.4

subscribe at backstory.net. So we highly recommend you doing that. But look, it would really mean a lot

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to me to have my podcast listeners and iTunes as Spotify and my YouTube watchers of the Backstory magazine YouTube page,

1:46.2

which is where all these Zoomcasts go, it would really mean a lot to me to have you support

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