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The Film Programme: Chris Menges, Local Hero

23/09/2021

Chris Menges, Local Hero

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, Chris Menges, Local Hero

Oscar-winning cinematographer and director Chris Menges takes us behind the scenes of Local Hero, The Mission and Kes. With Antonia Quirke.

With Antonia Quirke

Oscar winning cinematographer and director Chris Menges takes us behind the scenes of Local Hero, The Mission and Kes, and reveals how he ended up in a Zanzibar prison with Michael Parkinson.

Bait director Mark Jenkin records his last audio diary about the making of his horror movie, Enys Men, which was delayed by a year because of lockdown and was filmed during the pandemic. 

Listeners nominate their favourite final scenes and composer Neil Brand chooses his two favourite end pieces: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and Cabaret. 

Sweetheart director Marley Morrison nominates her favourite final scene - the brief encounter in Andrew Haigh's debut Weekend.

And thank you to all of you who nominated your favourite final scene. We didn't have time to mention them all on air, so here is the complete list:

Algiers
Animal House
Being There
Be Kind, Rewind
Big Night
Billy Elliot
Bright Star
Capernaum
Casablanca
Chinatown
Cinderella
Cold War
Death In Venice
Empire Of The Sun
Ex Machina
400 Blows
Genevieve
Gloria
Goodbye Mr Chips
Ice Cold In Alex
James And The Giant Peach
Local Hero
Los Silensios
Michael Clayton
Midnight Run
Monsoon Wedding
Nostalgia
Of Gods And Men
O Lucky Man !
On The Waterfront
Orlando
Pan's Labyrinth
Pepe Le Moko
Rocks
Sideways
Some Like It Hot
Stalker
System Crasher
The Apartment
The Battle Of Algiers
The Deer Hunter
The Leopard
The Lives Of Others
The Long Good Friday
The Mermaid
The Mission
The Purple Rose Of Cairo
The Seventh Seal
The Silence Of The Lambs
The Taking Of Pelham 1-2-3
The Third Man
The Usual Suspects
This Is Spinal Tap
Tunes Of Glory
Un Coeur En Hiver
Withnail And I
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