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The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith

Death on the Nile Q&A - Michael Green

The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith

Jeff Goldsmith

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4.6640 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Host Jeff Goldsmith interviews screenwriter Michael Green about Death on the Nile.

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0:00.0

Look, I really enjoyed today's movie and truly the only complaints I have is the title.

0:04.6

It should be called Deaths on the Nile, plural.

0:08.2

I know it's a spoiler alert, but come on.

0:10.7

Murder mystery enthusiasts, back me up.

0:13.3

Howdy, I'm Jeff Goldsmith and this is the Q&A.

0:16.0

My agenda is simple.

0:17.2

Each week I plan to bring you in-depth insight into the creative process of storytelling.

0:21.6

And folks, you know what? I'll accept it with that old title that a good old Agatha Christie came up with.

0:26.9

If it's good enough for her, it's good enough for me. But, you know, I am really pleased to have

0:30.7

with me today, screenwriter Michael Green. And you know, I was quite a fan of the first Agatha

0:36.1

Christie adaptation that he did for Murder on the Orient Express, which I highly recommend you see if you haven't seen.

0:42.6

And death on the Nile is really a blast as well.

0:45.8

And there's a lot of heavy lifting that Michael did for his adaptation that, you know, is so seamless that it's fun to talk about because I'm sure a lot of it goes unnoticed.

0:55.5

And of course, Michael was very forthcoming about his creative process.

0:59.4

So I know you'll dig this episode.

1:01.5

And speaking of things to dig, I hope you also check out backstory magazine over at

1:05.8

backstory.net.

1:06.8

You know, we published our winter issue recently.

1:09.9

And wow, there is so much great stuff in it.

1:12.5

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1:14.1

We're now working on our Oscar issue.

1:16.7

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