It's Jenny Rattlett, producer of The Treatment with another web-exclusive episode this week.

Elvis chats with writer-director Jeff Nichols about his third film, Mud.

Matthew McConnorpe plays the title character, a fugitive hiding from a group of bounty hunters hot on his trail.

Mud's hiding place is soon discovered by two high school friends named Ellis and Neckbone.

And together, they hatch a plan to help Mud run away with his true love, Juniper, played by Reese Witherspoon.

Jeff Nichols joined Elvis in front of a live audience following a screening of mud.

Thanks, as always, to the Film Independent at lack must screening series which Elvis

curates for letting us record the interview one of the things we just

talking about backstage I think this is a couple of times whenever I've seen you

is you write about people who are basically almost possessed who have a

single goal that they want

to fulfill what do these guys come from well the way I'd the way I'd answer that is

yes how would you answer that yeah I believe people build personal

philosophies for themselves,

belief systems.

Like in shotgun stories, I think there's a nobility

to Mike Shannon's character.

He hears that his father's dead, there's gonna be a funeral,

and he knows people are gonna be saying nice things about him.

And he just can't let that slide. Like he can't, and that's, it be a funeral, and he knows people are going to be saying nice things about him. And he just can't let that slide.

Like he can't, and that's, it's a principle that he has in his life.

It's not necessarily right.

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