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This episode takes us behind the scenes of director Greta Gerwig's new historical drama, Little Women. Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott, the film follows four sisters

in America, Amy, Joe, Beth, and Meg, as they come of age in the aftermath of the Civil War.

In addition to Little Women, Ms. Gerwig's directorial credits include the feature film, Nights and Weekends,

which she co-directed with Joe Swanberg. She was nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement and Theatrical Feature Film, and the Academy Award for Best Director for her 2017 film, Lady Bird.

Following a recent screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Ms. Gerwig spoke with director Ryan Johnson about filming Little Women.

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

Thank you.

Damn straight.

Thank you. What a movie, huh guys?

Extraordinary.

Okay, so, yeah, so I just watched the movie for the first time, so I'm like all of you just kind of like emotionally overwhelmed and have a lot going on right now, but I'll try and be coherent.

So, I mean, you know, you've, your body of work, which obviously your last tremendous movie, Lady Berg, was your first solo directing, but you've been co-reading, co-directing,

you've been acting, you've been, you know, and most of it in films that are,

feel incredibly current. And then to step back with this and do a period piece, of course,

once you see it, instantly, it's like, oh my God, this is so rich in so many ways, both

beautifully as a movie and beautifully told, but also thematically. You can instantly see,

oh, this makes so much sense. But talk to me about, like, talk to us about how, like, what

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