Interview With "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." Director/Writer Kelly Fremon Craig

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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After wowing audiences with her feature directorial debut "The Edge Of Seventeen" in 2016, writer/director Kelly Fremon Craig turned her eye toward Judy Blume's influential coming-of-age book and adapted it into the critically beloved "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." The film had its world premiere in Los Angeles in April and has been picking up several wins throughout this awards season, including most recently, Best Supporting Performance from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for Rachel McAdams, Gotham and Critics Choice Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for Kelly Fremon Craig and a Best Young Actress nomination for Abby Fortson Ryder from the Critics Choice Awards. Kelly was kind enough to spend a few minutes talking with us about her work on the film, what it has meant to her, the enduring legacy of the 1970 novel, and more. Please be sure to check out the film, which is up for your consideration in all eligible categories at the 96th Academy Awards. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Nadia Dalamonte's interview
0:05.5	with the writer and director for Are You There God? It's me, Margaret. Kelly, Fremont Craig.
0:11.3	Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.
0:16.8	I'm here to speak to you today about your changing body.
0:20.2	The blood is released through the vagina.
0:23.6	Please, just do this one thing for me.
0:26.6	Let me just be normal and regular like everybody else.
0:31.6	Just please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please.
0:34.6	Hi, so it's Nadia with next Best Picture. How are you doing today?
0:38.9	I'm doing so good.
0:40.0	How are you doing?
0:41.5	I'm doing well.
0:42.7	Thank you so, so much for speaking with me today, Kelly.
0:45.7	It's such a pleasure.
0:46.8	Let me tell you this moment to share it with you and to talk about,
0:51.4	are you there goddess me, Margaret?
0:53.4	It is an instant coming of age classic movie.
0:57.1	Oh!
0:59.3	That's so kind.
1:01.0	Thank you so much for saying that.
1:03.4	Of course.
1:04.0	Of course.
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