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The Arts Hour: Star Trek Director JJ Abrams

JJ-Abrams

18/05/2013

Star Trek Director JJ Abrams

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Star Trek Director JJ Abrams

“I found the original series a little static and a little exclusive” - JJ Abrams

“I found the original series a little static, a little talkie and a little exclusive” - JJ Abrams.

Interview with director JJ Abrams who explains that he wasn’t always a confirmed 'Trekker'. Also Daft Punk discuss their new album Random Access Memories and glamorous opera diva Angela Gheorghiu talks about singing Puccini’s La Rondine. Matthew McConaughey’s new film is written and directed by Jeff Nichols, who discusses the authentic setting of his Huckleberry Finn-esque movie on the Mississippi river in the US. We’ve also got George The Poet, a 22 year-old Londoner, who is the hottest thing in spoken word in the UK today. The award-winning Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid tells us about the role of fiction in culture.  And, with an exclusive session, we introduce singer-songwriter John Fullbright, whose debut album From The Ground Up has been warmly received.

(Image: Director JJ ABrams. Credit: Marianna Massey/Getty Images)

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