Today's film is absolutely crazy in absolutely all the right ways. Howdy, I'm Jeff Goldsmith,

and this is the Q&A. My agenda is simple. Each week I plan to bring you in-depth insight into the

creative process of storytelling. Folks, it's my absolute honor to have with us today, director

Alex Cox, to discuss his 1987 film, Walker. The good news is today's episode

was made possible by the fine folks at the Criterion Collection who just released a beautiful

brand new Blu-ray of Walker. It's perfecto. It has awesome special features. The film

looks and sounds absolutely incredible. So we got really

lucky that the Criterion Collection was releasing this beautiful remaster of Walker and Alex Cox was in

the mood to chat about it. Of course, the first half is spoiler-free and then we have a clear

announcement and get into the spoilers. And if you have not seen Walker,

I highly recommend you check it out. Aside from it being a fantastic Ed Harris performance,

it's a cool film that really is of its time as you'll hear us talk about. And I don't want to say any more about it because the craziness of the film goes a little beyond just Ed Harris's performance,

but also lies in some of the genius behind the filmmaking.

I'm a longtime fan of Alex Cox's, so it was a blast to interview him,

and he was very forthcoming about his creative process, so I know you'll dig this episode.

And speaking of things to dig, I hope you also

check out Backstory Magazine. Folks, we are 10 years old this June and we are preparing as

cool of an issue as we can. And there's a lot of good stuff now in our Oscar issue. And we've

even continued adding stories to it after we published that are not Oscar stories because we

could do that. We're a digital magazine. So if you've never read us before, I hope you'll check

out the iPad app Backstory or just read us on a desktop or laptop at Backstory.net. And you could

test drive us by reading our free issue, which shows you what we're all about. And if you want to

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