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Thank you. on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode takes us behind the scenes of director Lynn Ramsey's new thriller, You Were Never Really Here.

Based on the novel by Jonathan Ames, the film tells the story of a traumatized veteran who tracks down missing girls for a living.

When he takes the case of finding the daughter of a rising politician who's running for the Senate,

he uncoveres a conspiracy that may lead to his awakening or his death.

In addition to You Were Never Really Here, Ms. Ramsey's credits include the feature films

we need to talk about Kevin, Morvern Coller, Ratcatcher, and the BAFTA award-winning short, Swimmer.

Following a recent screening of the film at the DGA Theater in New York, Ms. Ramsey spoke

with director Maggie Greenwald about filming You Were Never Really Here. During their conversation, Ms. Ramsey discusses director Maggie Greenwald about filming you were never really here.

During their conversation, Ms. Ramsey discusses her process of reduction

when creating an economic and lean shot list,

her desire to mimic the propulsive field the source material,

and how, in today's cinematic landscape,

emitting violence can make it more potent.

Thank you. cinematic landscape, omitting violence can make it more potent. Okay, this is on. I could talk to you for about five hours about this film and about your work, but we don't have much time.

Since we have a room full of directors, I'm going to go right to what I'm fascinated by

after seeing this film and being familiar with your other work and reading the production

notes, which is your process.

In the production notes, which is your process. In the production notes, you say you, while you were writing the film, you were living in Greece and your cinematographer came to visit and your sound designer came to visit.

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