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The Film Programme: How I directed a movie with Parkinson's Disease

06/05/2021

How I directed a movie with Parkinson's Disease

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, How I directed a movie with Parkinson's Disease

Brett Harvey on how he's made a movie with Parkinson's Disease.

Brett Harvey on how he's made a movie just after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.

With Antonia Quirke

Director Brett Harvey reveals how he made a feature film Long Way Back just after he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. And how he managed to direct the movie suffering the effects of the insomnia caused by the illness, and why he made a short film called Hand about his condition.

Lisa Immordino Vreeland, the director of Truman And Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation, talks about what she discovered about the friendship and rivalry between Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams

How many world famous composers does it take to make a film score ? At least half a dozen, if that film is Lawrence Of Arabia. Neil Brand reveals why so many legends of 20th century classical music were hired to write the score for David Lean's epic, only for the job to go to a relative unknown called Maurice Jarre.

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