This Is the End; The Act of Killing; Stories We Tell; The Brood
Director Evan Goldberg talks to Francine Stock about apocalypse comedy This Is the End, while documentary maker Sarah Polley discusses turning her camera on her family secrets.
Director Evan Goldberg talks to Francine Stock about This Is The End, an apocalypse comedy with a diverse range of celebrities playing versions of themselves including James Franco, Rihanna and Jonah Hill as well as co director Seth Rogen.
Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer explains how he came to make The Act of Killing, a documentary in which Indonesian gangsters re-enact the massacres of the 1960s. He follows their progress as they make movies about their crimes, heavily influenced by Hollywood films, even musicals.
Plus further discussion of the ethics of documentary making with Sarah Polley who describes turning the camera on her family secrets. Her film follows her search for her biological father.
And as David Cronenberg's 1979 classic The Brood is released on Blu Ray and DVD, critic Kim Newman and biologist Adam Rutherford explore how the contemporary scientific advances informed this psychotherapy horror film.
Producer: Elaine Lester.
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From The Film Programme archive the director talks to Francine Stock about his 2012 film.
From The Film Programme archive, Polley talks about her first film.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Francine Stock |
Interviewed Guest | Evan Goldberg |
Interviewed Guest | Sarah Polley |
Producer | Elaine Lester |
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- Thu 27 Jun 2013 16:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4
- Sun 30 Jun 2013 23:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4
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