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Documentary on the making of Kenneth Branagh’s HENRY V. Shows the film in production and provides , extracts from the finished film and interviews with actors and crew.
Television arts documentary. Documentary on the film-maker Peter Greenaway with special reference to PROSPERO’S BOOKS. The programme covers Greenaway’s approach to film-making and narrative, showing how...
Television documentary. A behind-the-scenes account of the making of Kenneth Branagh’s HAMLET.
Documentary about the making of Michael Radford’s film WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (2004). The documentary is included as an extra on the DVD of the feature film.
Television anthology arts series. Melvyn Bragg interviews director Roman Polanski about his film-making. Polanski says that he believes Laurence Olivier to be a director of genius and admits to having seen...
Television documentary on the making of Zeffirelli’s OTELLO and the problems of adapting Verdi’s opera for the cinema. There is comment from Zeffirelli and others involved in the film.
A two-part unit of five programmes which exploits the appeal of box office hits to deliver ingredients for serious media analysis. The first three programmes which form part 1 go behind the scenes of the...
US late night talk and variety show hosted by Tom Synder. May Angelou and Ian McKellen are the guests. McKellen speaks of his role in the film RICHARD III and the nature of costuming and historical accuracy;...
Film (probably a newsfilm item) of acclaimed Dutch actor Louis Bouwmeester in his dressing room at the Rialto theatre, Amsterdam making-up for his role as Shylock. Directed by Willy Mullens.
Les Blank’s documentary about the making of Werner Herzog’s FITZCARRALDO (1982). When FITZCARRALDO was first underway it starred Jason Robards as Fitzcarraldo and Mick Jagger as his sidekick Wilbur....
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