Original version

BBC Radio 4 LW

The Film Programme

Magazines & Reviews

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

The latest releases, the hottest stars and the leading directors, plus news and insights

The latest releases, the hottest stars and the leading directors, plus news and insights from the film world

BBC Radio 4 FM

Francine Stock

Matt Damon

James Kakalios

Scott Jordan Harris

Ruth Sanderson

Fiona Couper

The Film Programme: Matt Damon on Hollywood ageism; Can Lovelace take porn mainstream?

Matt Damon on Hollywood ageism; Can Lovelace take porn mainstream?

22/08/2013

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, Matt Damon on Hollywood ageism; Can Lovelace take porn mainstream?

Francine Stock talks to Matt Damon about how Hollywood can't make films for the over-35s.

Francine Stock talks to Matt Damon about how Hollywood isn't making movies for the over-35s. Scientific consultant James Kakalios explores how superheroes use real physics in film.

Hollywood heavyweight talks to Francine Stock about his new sci-fi film Elysium and laments that 'grown up' movies are no longer properly funded or made for the over 35's.

Physics professor James Kakalios is an unlikely star but consults big budget superhero adventures on the science of being superhuman. He explains how his love of comic books led him down this unlikely path.

With the biopic of 70's porn star Linda Lovelace released this week, Julian Petley and Anna Smith discuss the pitfalls of trying to bring the story of porn to a mainstream audience.

Author and film buff Scott Jordan Harris discusses the importance of iconic objects on the big screen and how they have seeped in to every moviegoer's consciousness.

Producer: Ruth Sanderson.

BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Film Programme

Matt Damon on Hollywood ageism; Can Lovelace take porn mainstream?

Contributors

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC Radio 4 LW

About BBC Radio 4