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The Film Programme: Joss Whedon

Joss Whedon

01/10/2005

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, Joss Whedon

Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon talks about his film Serenity

Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon talks about his film Serenity.

Francine Stock talks to Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer about his new film. Serenity is the film-version of Whedon's short lived TV series Firefly, which became a cult hit on DVD. The film follows a team of well-meaning space pirates caught up in a galactic war.

Film historian Matthew Sweet discusses the onscreen partnership of William Powell and Myrna Loy as the sleuthing couple Nick and Nora Charles in the 'Thin Man' films of the 1930s and 40s.

Film critic Nigel Floyd and William Beard, Professor in Film Studies at the University of Alberta discuss the career of the Canadian film director David Cronenberg (The Fly, Dead Ringers and Spider). Cronenberg's new film 'A History of Violence' stars Viggo Mortensen (Lord of the Rings) as a peaceful family man whose aggressive response to a hold up at his small town diner raises questions about his past.

Writer Ali Smith discusses Jacques Demy's 1964 French film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. The film is about lost youth and the love between 20 year-old Guy, played by Nino Castelnuovo and 17 year-old Genevieve, an early role for the young Catherine Deneuve.

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