You know, there's this great moment in today's episode where Amelie finds hidden in a wall

an old box of toys preserved through decades by a child having hidden them there.

By that point in the movie, you already know that Amelie is fantastic.

And the fact that she has a quest to reunite those hidden toys with their owner decades later

really just elevates that first act and invest the audience even more.

And, you know, I would be remiss if I didn't admit that I wish that I had done that with some of my stuff.

Like my Star Wars 1977 original Java playset

or my dark tower original board game, both of which my mom threw away without even asking

me for no reason when they didn't take up that much space. If I had known that all I had to do

to hang on to them was to carve a hole in the

wall and put them in a tin box so that somebody would find them later and track me down and

reunite me with them, trust me. I would have done it. Howdy. I'm Jeff Goldsmith. And this is the

Q&A. My agenda is simple. Each week I plan to bring you in-depth insights into the creative

process of storytelling. Now, folks, it's true. My mom really did throw that stuff away, and I'm still

a little miffed about it. But, you know, I'm pretty happy with today's podcast because we have the

classic film, Amelie, in the podcast. It is getting a re-release on Valentine's Day in theaters. It has been

beautifully restored and looks and sounds as perfect as it ever has been. So I highly

recommend you check it out. It is in theaters exclusively for this re-release. It will come out,

of course, on video a bit later in the year, but Valentine's Day

this week, please go see Amelie in theaters and support the re-release of this fantastic film. And today,

our guest is co-writer, director, Jean-Pierrejeunet. And yes, as you'll hear, I absolutely love

his work. I wish we could do a podcast for each of his

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