About Time: Richard Curtis and Bill Nighy; Great Beauty: Paolo Sorrentino; Neil Brand; Toronto Film Festival
Francine Stock talks to Richard Curtis and Bill Nighy about time travel film About Time, Paolo Sorrentino discusses his film The Great Beauty, and Neil Brand explores film music.
Richard Curtis, the writer-director of Love Actually, is back with About Time, a time travel rom-com about life, love and avoiding regrets. Francine Stock talks to Richard, along with Bill Nighy who plays a time-travelling father passing on his gift to his son.
As the autumn film festival season gets underway, Cameron Bailey, artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival, brings us the highlights among the world premieres and gives his tips for the awards season.
Director Paolo Sorrentino discusses the dangers of beauty and distraction, themes of his new film The Great Beauty, which portrays Rome through the eyes of an ageing writer, mourning his youth.
And composer Neil Brand gives us a preview of his new 91热爆 Four series, Sound of Cinema, which explores film scores and found music as used in films by the great directors, from Alfred Hitchcock to Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Producer | Fiona Couper |
| Interviewed Guest | Richard Curtis |
| Interviewed Guest | Bill Nighy |
| Interviewed Guest | Cameron Bailey |
| Interviewed Guest | Paolo Sorrentino |
| Interviewed Guest | Neil Brand |
| Presenter | Francine Stock |
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- Thu 5 Sep 2013 16:0091热爆 Radio 4
- Sun 8 Sep 2013 23:0091热爆 Radio 4
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