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Saturday听23 October 2004 |
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 Directing Nicole Kidman, The Exorcist prequel and a look at the career of Sean Penn |
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Birth
The British director of Sexy Beast Jonathan Glazer talks to Francine Stock about his controversial new film Birth. In the film, which stars Nicole Kidman, a ten-year old boy claims to be the reincarnation of a woman's dead husband. |
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Exorcist: The Beginning
The past three decades have produced two sequels to William Friedkin's 1973 film The Exorcist and now a prequel, or rather two. Critic Nigel Floyd reveals the story behind Exorcist: The Beginning, which has been made twice over with largely the same cast but two different directors. |
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Sean Penn
The Film Programme asks biographer Richard T Kelly and film producer Lizzie Francke what makes Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn, star of Dead Man Walking, Mystic River and 21 Grams so compelling on screen.
Richard T Kelly's authorised biography Sean Penn is available now. ISBN: 0571215483. |
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Korean Cinema
Film critic Tim Robey discusses Kim Ki-duk's听film Spring Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring which is available now on DVD.听The story is about a Buddhist monk and his apprentice who live in the centre of a lake. The boy learns, grows, leaves, commits a murder and then returns to the monk for atonement.
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For contrast Old Boy, a听Korean action film by Park Chan-wook is currently playing in cinemas. |
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