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Short Cuts: Series 5: Waking Life

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Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries in which reality becomes dreamlike.

4 Extra Debut. Josie Long presents stories blurring the boundaries of real life and dreaming, exploring romance and dream accounts. From 2014.

Josie Long presents a sequence of brief encounters, true stories and short documentaries in which the boundaries between 'real' life and dreaming blur.
 
From the addictive, perception-altering qualities of romantic love through to a surreal story about recording dreams. We hear from the legendary film editor and director Walter Murch about the dreamlike qualities of cinematic narratives and the psychologist Susan Blackmore's experience of looking down from the ceiling at her own body.
 
The items featured in the programme are:
 
Waking Life
Feat. Susan Blackmore
Prod. Sara Parker
 
Dreaming
Feat. Walter Murch
 
The Man Who Could Record Your Dreams
Prod. Bob Carlson
Originally broadcast on Unfictional
An extended version of this story can he found here: http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/uf/uf110909the_man_who_could_re
 
Last Words
Feat. Kester Brewin
 
Love is a Drug
Feat. Helen Fisher
Prod. Hana Walker Brown
 
Answer Machine
Found sound from Tape Findings
http://www.sweetthunder.org/tapes/
 
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2014.

Short Cuts: Series 5

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

Josie Long presents a showcase for short documentaries from the UK and abroad

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