Today's film is quite well written and made, but let it serve as a dire warning of just

how long you should not leave meat out before cooking or serving.

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.

And folks, all right, it's not a public service announcement.

It happens to be a film nominated for Best Picture and, of course, best screenwriting

amongst other things.

And today's guest, Ruben Osslin, was very generous with his time in chatting about

triangle of sadness.

Now, I got to say, this film was a lot of fun to see with the crowd. I am, of course,

referencing a certain scene that has some food poisoning that I'm sure you've heard about, but I won't

say anymore because we're still in our non-spoilers section. But when it comes down to it,

there was a lot more to this film than just that scene that has people buzzing. And we get into it today.

And there's a lot to discuss.

It's a very thoughtful script.

It's very fascinating when you really lay it out and examine it.

And Ruben was very forthcoming about his creative process and what it took to get

triangle of sadness made.

So I know you'll dig this episode.

And folks, I hope you check out Backstory Magazine over at Backstory.net.

We are just weeks away from publishing our Oscar issue.

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