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Good evening, everyone.

I'm Scott Feinberg from The Hollywood Reporter.

I'm our executive editor of awards coverage and the host of our awards chatter podcast,

which this evening's conversation is being

recorded for. Well, I should say for those tuning in, this episode's being recorded in front of an

audience at the Bill Cosford Cinema on the campus of the University of Miami as part of the

Miami Film Festival's Gems event, a production of Miami-Dade College. Thank you to executive director James Willey

and programming director Lauren Cohen

for having me back to this great Fest and City

and to everyone in the audience for being here.

Tonight we have the privilege of being joined

by a legendary filmmaker who has made 18 narrative features

over the past 40 years,

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