Synopsis
Mark Cousins invites film actors and directors to watch major scenes in their career to date, and to talk us through them.
Episodes
Season 11E1Sean ConneryWith a career spanning nearly 40 years, Scottish actor Sean Connery is one of the world's most popular movie stars. In this programme, while watching clips from his films, he relates anecdotesto Mark Cousins about his life in cinema. Films discussed include Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie and The Hill.
Director Mark Cousins
Executive producer May Miller60m2E2Steve Martin60m3E3Terence StampMaverick actor Terence Stamp talks to Mark Cousins about his life, loves and the decisions that have shaped his career. Clips from Billy Budd and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert are interspersed with Stamp's candid comments.60m4E4Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese, acclaimed as one of the world's greatest living directors, talks to Mark Cousins in an interview that coincides with the release of Кундун (1997), exploring the life of the Dalai Lama. In his New York production office, Scorsese discusses the experiences of working with actors such as Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli and Harvey Keitel, and how his style has evolved over the last three decades. Scorsese also analyses clips from Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas and New York, New York, and what he considers his best film, Italo-American (1974), a documentary with his parents as subjects.60m5E5Paul SchraderAbout screenwriter/filmmaker/producer Paul Schrader who entered Hollywood with the script of "Taxi Driver".60m6E6Jack LemmonJack Lemmon talks to Mark Cousins about his diverse and enduring career in cinema in a conversation punctuated by clips from his films, including The Apartment (1960) and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).60m7E7Brian De Palma60m8E8Jonathan Demme60m9E9Jane RussellErnestine Jane Geraldine Russell was an American film actress and one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s.60m10E10Bernardo BertolucciBernardo Bertolucci's career reached a peak of notoriety with Last Tango in Paris (1972) in 1972, but atmospheric early work such as Spider's Strategy (1970) and The Conformist (1970) had already earmarked him as a major talent. Here, in the company of Mark Cousins, he discusses the frank sexuality in his work and influences informing it, and his hatred of his native Italy. The programme includes clips from Bertolucci's films and from those of his many admirers.60m11E11David LynchMark Cousins meets US director David Lynch, the creator of such idiosyncratic and groundbreaking screen landmarks as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks60m12E12James Coburn60m13E13Roman Polanski60m14E14Woody AllenMark Cousins Interviews Woody Allen about his life and work.60m15E15Rod Steiger60m16E16Lauren BacallIn a rare interview, Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall speaks to Mark Cousins about her career, her marriage to Humphrey Bogart and her friendships with Katharine Hepburn and Rock Hudson.60m17E17Janet Leigh60m18E18Kirk Douglas60m19E19Tom Hanks60m20E20Donald SutherlandWith roles in Военно-полевой госпиталь M*A*S*H. (1970), Klute (1971), Donald Sutherland made his name in some of the outstanding films of the seventies. He has remained one of Hollywood's most versatile actors, and in this programme he talks with Mark Cousins about his life and work.60m21E21Jeff Bridges60m22E22Dennis Hopper60m23E23Jeanne MoreauConsidered by Orson Welles to be the greatest actress in the world, Jeanne Moreau was the muse of French cinema in the 1960s. Here she reveals the stories behind the making of Jules and Jim (1962), and explores sexual and intellectual freedom in her career and private life.60m24E24John Sayles60m
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