The car could be a mysterious place, a creative place, a reflective place.

And no, I will not let you drive my car.

Howdy, 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.

Folks, you know, maybe I'll let you drive my car.

I mean, if you're insured and everything works out perfectly, because then it would give me a chance to look on my phone more and stuff like that. But you know

what? I love this movie. And we talk later about what it means to drive in a car and be driven.

And this movie's great. And if you don't know, this was a virtual event that I did. You could sign up on my screening list from wherever you are in the world. A lot of them are geotagged to be United States specific, but sometimes they're open to everyone.

And I was really glad to be able to do this.

We had a huge crowd.

It sold out within 90 minutes, and they got a 48-hour viewing period to watch the movie for

free and then to watch this Q&A first. And I got to say,

I was so pleased to have writer-director, Ryasuki, Hamaguchi with me today because he's just so

talented and I love drive my car. It's such a great film on so many levels. And, you know, if you're

an artist, if you've ever worked in theater, just seeing all the rehearsals and being a part of the staging of this show. And then the great storytelling in the movie,

there's so many great things to talk about. And I know you'll dig this episode. Now, I have a few

notes for you about this episode. Here's the first one. This was just a brain freeze on my part.

The protagonist of the movie is Yasuki Kufuku. And for whatever reason, I just

in my notes and my questions referred to him as Yusuki, his first name. Mr. Hamaguchi,

during his answers, would refer to him as Kufuku. And so he was taking his last name.

So when you hear that differential about us using two different names for one character,

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