The Film Programme - James Dean remembered; Whales in cinema; Steven Knight on Locke

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With Antonia Quirke.

Film and theatre director Sir Richard Eyre reveals how he fell in love with James Dean at first sight.

Steven Knight discusses his new thriller, Locke, which is set entirely in a car driving down the M6.

Philip Hoare, author of the award-winning Leviathan, reflects upon the representation of the whale in cinema, from Free Willy to Moby Dick,via Orca The Killer Whale

Sound editor Richard Hymns talks about the challenges of making a film without any dialogue in All Is Lost, starring Robert Redford as a yachtsman who is marooned at sea.

Presenter: Antonia Quirke
Producer: Stephen Hughes.

Published on Thursday, 17th April 2014.

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