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Neil Jordan

Sue Lawley's castaway is filmmaker and writer Neil Jordan.

Sue Lawley's guest this week is Neil Jordan. As a child he would cycle past Bram Stoker's house on his way to school, one of the reasons, perhaps, that he went on to direct the film Interview with a Vampire. His other movies include Mona Lisa and The Butcher Boy; the story of a little Irish lad who talks to the Virgin Mary which has echoes in his own Irish Catholic childhood.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk
Book: A la Recherche du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Typewriter

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 Jan 2000 09:00
91热爆 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Thelonious Monk

      Round Midnight

      • The Art of the Ballad.
      • Prestige.

  • Dion & The Belmonts

    No One Knows

    • Rockfile: Volume 28.
    • Backline.

  • Charlie Parker

    A Night In Tunisia

    • Charlie Parker: the Dial Masters Original Choice takes.
    • Spotlite.

  • Sam Cooke

    A Change Is Gonna Come

    • CD Diamond Series: Sam Cooke.
    • RCA.

  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Danny Boy

    • Grainger/Leighton: Chamber Works..
    • Chandos.

  • Astrud Gilberto

    Once I Loved

    • The Silver Collection: Astrid Gilberto.
    • Verve.

  • John McCormack

    She is Far From the Land

    • Popular Songs and Irish Ballads.
    • EMI.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante d茅funte

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Andre Previn

    • Ravel: Bolero: Daphneis et Chloe: Pavane.
    • EMI.

  • Book Choice

    • A la Recherche du Temps Perdu - Marcel Proust

  • Luxury Choice

    • Typewriter

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Neil Jordan

Broadcasts

  • Sun 23 Jan 2000 11:15
    91热爆 Radio 4
  • Fri 28 Jan 2000 09:00
    91热爆 Radio 4

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