I’m ready for my close-up: Julien Temple’s Eternity Man

“The Eternity Man” presentation at the Locarno film festival – Julien Temple, Director; Christa Hughes, actress; Rosemary Blight, producer

In an interview recorded just before a theatrical screening of The Eternity Man at the Barbican, Alex Fitch talks to director Julien Temple about his film of the modern opera by Dorothy Porter and Jonathan Mills. The Eternity Man tells the true story of Arthur Stace who wandered the streets of Sydney for two generations, writing the word “Eternity” in chalk on a myriad of surfaces and Temple’s film vividly brings to life this modern avatar of the Wandering Jew. Alex and Julien also talk about the director’s other work from Absolute Beginners to Pandaemonium and notions of combining fact and fiction on screen.

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Electric Sheep podcast: Peter Greenaway and the Raindance Film Festival
(Peter Greenaway interview previously broadcast 30/10/08 on Resonance 104.4 FM as part of that evening’s “Clear Spot”)

This month’s Electric Sheep Magazine Podcast is a Raindance Film Festival special. ESM is proud to be a media partner of Raindance and this year the magazine’s editor Virginie Sélavy conducted a Q and A at one of the screenings and wrote an article on Faye Dunaway for the Festival brochure while assistant editor Alex Fitch conducted a couple of Q and As and was granted an interview with Peter Greenaway after the British premiere of his new film Nightwatching.
In this podcast you’ll hear Alex’s Q and As with director Guy Ducker about his short film Lover’s Lane and with the filmmakers – David Boaretto and Charles-Henri Belleville – and members of the cast – including Nhamo Shire, Mike Martin and Pierre Henry-Fontaine – of the new British Basketball film Midnight Madness. Alex also talks to Mr Greenaway about the crossover between filmmaking and fine art and the master painter Rembrant’s position as a pioneer of both.
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Links: Wikipedia pages on Rembrant, Peter Greenaway and The Raindance Film Festival
Websites: www.raindance.co.uk, www.petergreenaway.info, www.guyducker.com, www.midnight-madness.com

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Electric Sheep podcast: Zoo (and A)

An episode of the Electric Sheep Magazine Podcast – Alex Fitch discusses the new documentary ‘Zoo’ with magazine critic and writer Hannah Patterson (Sight and Sound / Vertigo magazines).

Alex and Hannah look at the various topics raised by the film both moral and aesthetic, and field questions from the audience in a Q & A that was recorded live at the Prince Charles Cinema in London by Robin Warren (Liberation Jumpsuit / Resonance FM).

 

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Electric Sheep podcast: Modern silent movies

A new series of Electric Sheep Magazine podcasts begins with a chat between Alex Fitch and Virginie Selavy about the phenomenon of modern silent movies (or rather films without dialogue), inspired by the release of the new Argentine fantasy movie ‘La Antena’. Other films discussed include early surrealist films, the work of Guy Maddin and the last film written by Ed Wood – ‘I woke up early the day I died’. The episode was recorded at Resonance FM by Robin Warren. Continue reading →

Yup, it’s the ubiquitously tardy Electric Sheep Magazine & Resonance FM‘s latest Art House cinema podcast featuring reviews of films released last autumn at ‘Art House’ cinemas in London… This show is presented by Alex Fitch with contributions from Virginie Sélavy (editor of Electric Sheep Magazine) , comedienne Jessica Fostekew and beloved Resonance FM engineer (and electronic musician) Robin Warren…
Featuring reviews of Jesus Camp, KM31 / Kilometro treinta y uno, Southland Tales, The Saragossa Manuscript, The Kite Runner, Paranoid Park, 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days, Dan in real life, No country for old men, Our daily bread / Unser taglich brot and Sweeney Todd: The demon barber of Fleet Street.
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