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Bill Forsyth is our very special guest on Cinematalk this week. Forsyth\u2019s achievements as a Scottish filmmaker are pioneering to say the least. He started a career in film at age 18 and spent nearly a decade and a half making commissioned documentaries and industrial films. This experience partly explains why his sublime and distinctly personal brand of filmmaking was fully realized when he made his first two narrative features, That Sinking Feeling and Gregory\u2019s Girl. The international success of these two movies kicked off a wave of national filmmaking that led to the creation of what would become Screen Scotland, a national agency dedicated to the development and support of Scottish filmmaking. For Forsyth, the personal success paved the way for his next, and best-loved movie, 1983\u2019s Local Hero, and several films made in the U.S., including his masterful 1987 adaptation of Marilynne Robinson\u2019s novel Housekeeping. \n\nThis week, he spoke with us from his home outside of Edinburgh, about the making of Gregory\u2019s Girl, its influences, and his approach to the art of cinema.