How good is today's film you might ask? Well, if you were given a survey about it, the category

to check off would be always. Howdy? I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A. My agenda is simple.

Each week, I plan to bring you in-depth insights into the creative process of storytelling.

Folks, I got to say, man, when I saw this film at Sundance 2020 with a packed house,

it just blew us all away because it was such an immersive performance,

such an immersive experience.

It's just a beautiful film.

I'm of course talking about never, rarely, sometimes, always.

And today's guest is writer-director,

Eliza Hittman. And I'm really glad we were able to

finally have a chat about this one because I just love it. So if you haven't seen it, seek it out.

Go find it. It's a great film. And as you know, the first half of every episode is spoiler-free.

So you can listen to what we have to say for a while before we get into the spoilers, but there are so many levels here. And something Eliza was really good at doing was just putting in subtext and putting in character

feelings and emotions that were not found through dialogue.

She did it through just simple little moments, and she did it really, really well.

So, you know, Eliza was really forthcoming about her creative process and what went into it. And I know you'll dig this episode. And speaking of things to dig, I hope you also check out backstory magazine. You know, we recently published issue 42. You could find us on a desktop or laptop. That's the way to read us or via our iPad app. And look, you know, if you've never

read us before, you could read our free issue. It's sitting there waiting for you. We're one of

the only magazines in the world that publishes screenplays in their entirety, accompanied by

interviews. And we interview storytellers, so writers, directors, actors, showrunners, playwrights,

novelists, you know, comic book artists.

There's so many different storytellers that we have in every issue of Backstory that we are

just brimming with them. And I really hope that you'd check it out. And look, if you decide that

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