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The Movie Café: 21/04/2011

21/04/2011

BBC Radio Scotland - The Movie Café, 21/04/2011

We discuss the UK release of the highly anticipated Wim Wenders film Pina.

We discuss the UK release of the highly anticipated Wim Wenders film Pina, a 3D dance documentary about the life and work of the great choreographer Pina Bausch.

"Pina" We will be discussing the UK release of the highly anticipated Wim Wenders' film 'Pina'- a 3D dance documentary about the life and work of the great choreographer Pina Bausch. Two years after her death, the possibility of learning more about this phenomenal choreographer has dance lovers, cinephiles and artists salivating. 

Write Camera Action - A report on series of workshops at Glasgow's CCA bringing together writers, directors and actors in an informal environment to enhance their skills and learn from each other. 

A Woman, A Gun and a Noodle Shop - Film critic Miles Fielder discusses 0ur DVD Pick of the Week - Zhang Yimou's (Hero and House of Flying Daggers) exhilarating and inventive remake of the Coen brothers' Blood Simple . The setting is as far removed from conventional film noir territory as can be imagined; the drama plays out in the deserts of northern China when guns are new and swords and spears are still the weapons of choice. 

Get Carter: The 40th Anniversary We hear from the director Mike Hodges and actor Alun Armstrong who returned to Newcastle last month for the 40th anniversary of the film - and a bus tour of the key locations for the 'Original British Gangster Film'.

"Joanna" Mike Sarne Featuring swinging London in all its colour and glory, Joanna is Mike Sarne's portrait of an art student who soon infiltrates the rich and glamorous set. Notably it was the first US-financed studio movie to be invited to participate in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Director Mike Sarne discusses the BFI's reissue of this cult classic and explains his enthusiasm for documenting an era when anything and everything was possible!

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