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The Film Programme: Frank; Miyazaki; Lesbian Cinema

Frank; Miyazaki; Lesbian Cinema

08/05/2014

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, Frank; Miyazaki; Lesbian Cinema

Frank, the story of a singer with a papier mache head; a guide to Miyazaki; lesbian cinema

Frank, the story of a singer with a papier mache head. A guide to the cinema of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. Stacie Passon on her drama of a gay mum who becomes a call girl.

With Francine Stock.

Frank is the story of a singer who never takes off his over-sized papier mache head, on-stage or off. The director Lenny Abrahamson reveals why the film is only partly based on singer Frank Sidebottom, who also wore an over-sized papier mache head and had his own television programme in the 1990s.

Stacie Passon, the director of Concussion, discusses her new drama about a suburban mother who becomes a call girl for other affluent women, and shares her reservations about the celebrated gay film Blue Is The Warmest Colour.

As his last film, The Wind Rises, is released in British cinemas, The Film Programme presents a guide to the world of master Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.

The Film Programme finds out how The Creepy Guys got on in the awards ceremony for Sci Fi London's 48 Hour Film Challenge.

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