The season also includes contributions from Oscar winning film producer Sir David Puttnam, director Ken Loach; and director Sam Mendes plus a personal history of film by historian and film critic David Thomson and Matthew Sweet on ‘pocket film’ featuring a specifically commissioned mobile phone film by British film director Gurinder Chadha.
Coinciding with the season, the Radio 4 website has published a collection of over two hundred interviews with contemporary film stars, directors and producers broadcast on the network since 2002.
Plus, BBC Archive has launched a collection of radio interviews with the stars of American cinema’s ‘Golden Age’.
Radio 4 film season website – bbc.co.uk/radio4/film
BBC Archive’s Hollywood Voices – bbc.co.uk/archive/hollywood
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