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The Film Programme: 08/03/2012

08/03/2012

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, 08/03/2012

John Cusack talks Edgar Allen Poe and politics with Francine Stock.

Actor John Cusack talks to Francine Stock about playing Edgar Allan Poe and his concerns for free speech in America, and Juliet Stevenson discusses working with Peter Greenaway.

Actor John Cusack on playing Edgar Allan Poe, and his concerns for free speech in America. 

Juliet Stevenson discusses the difficulties of working with Peter Greenaway on his film from 1988, Drowning by Numbers. 

Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod are better known as the co-founders of the theatre company, Cheek by Jowl. This week sees the release of their debut film, Bel Ami, starring Robert Pattison as the amoral cad from the famous novel by Guy de Maupassant. 

Riz Ahmed is a British actor noted for his roles in The Road to Guantanamo and Four Lions. He's now starring in Trishna, an adaptation of Tess of the d'Urbervilles, directed by Michael Winterbottom. He discusses working with the director and why the film is set in India. 

Producer: Craig Smith.

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