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1998
GUA/9/4/1/4/1 · Sub-series · 1998
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Audio recordings of eight Guardian-sponsored National Film Theatre (NFT) interviews which took place in 1998

Creator: Guardian News & Media Ltd, 1967

Creator: British Film Institute (BFI), 1933-

 Guardian News & Media Limited (1967-); newspaper publisher
1999
GUA/9/4/1/4/2 · Sub-series · 1999
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Audio recordings of ten Guardian-sponsored National Film Theatre (NFT) interviews which took place in 1999

Creator: British Film Institute (BFI), 1933-

Creator: Guardian News & Media Ltd, 1967-

 Guardian News & Media Limited (1967-); newspaper publisher
2000
GUA/9/4/1/4/3 · Sub-series · 2000
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Audio recordings of eight Guardian-sponsored National Film Theatre (NFT) interviews which took place in 2000

Creator: British Film Institute (BFI), 1933-

Creator: Guardian News & Media Ltd, 1967-

 Guardian News & Media Limited (1967-); newspaper publisher
2001
GUA/9/4/1/4/4 · Sub-series · 2001
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Audio recordings of two Guardian-sponsored National Film Theatre (NFT) interviews which took place in 2001

Creator: British Film Institute (BFI), 1933-

Creator: Guardian News & Media Ltd, 1967-

 Guardian News & Media Limited (1967-); newspaper publisher
2002
GUA/9/4/1/4/5 · Sub-series · 2002
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Audio recordings of eight Guardian-sponsored National Film Theatre (NFT) interviews which took place in 2002

Creator: British Film Institute (BFI), 1933-

Creator: Guardian News & Media Ltd, 1967-

 Guardian News & Media Limited (1967-); newspaper publisher
2003
GUA/9/4/1/4/6 · Sub-series · 2003
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Audio recordings of 12 Guardian-sponsored National Film Theatre (NFT) interviews which took place in 2003

Creator: British Film Institute (BFI), 1933-

Creator: Guardian News & Media Ltd, 1967-

 Guardian News & Media Limited (1967-); newspaper publisher
2004
GUA/9/4/1/4/7 · Sub-series · 2004
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Audio recordings of two Guardian-sponsored National Film Theatre (NFT) interviews which took place in 2004

Creator: British Film Institute (BFI), 1933-

Creator: Guardian News & Media Ltd, 1967-

 Guardian News & Media Limited (1967-); newspaper publisher
Abbas Kiarostami
GUA/9/4/1/4/2/1 · File · 22 June 1999
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Audio recording of an interview with film director and producer Abbas Kiarostami in front of a live audience, presumed to have been undertaken as part of the Guardian sponsored National Film Theatre Guardian interview series.

The recording begins part way through the interview, with an unidentified host putting questions to Kiarostami. Kiarostami gives his answers in another language which is then translated into English by an interpreter. The recording comprises a question and answer session with members of the audience from 13.18 on track 1.

A summary of the topics discussed is included below.

Track 1:
00.00 Casting his films
02:50 The autobiographical nature of his films
04:45 The relationship of cinema to life
08:10 Producing films in an Islamic country
10:12 Discussing political films
13:18 Unwillingness to discuss Mohsen Makhmalbaf
14:19 Discussing darkness in A Taste of Cherry
15:44 The validity of the interpretation of homosexuality in A Taste of Cherry
17:50 Music in films

Track 2:
00:00 Music in films (cont.)
02:07 Audience reception to A Taste of Cherry in the Middle East
04:49 Opinions on religion
05:42 On being a film-maker in Iran
07:22 Making Homework
09:24 Dissatisfaction with Where is the Friend's Home?
11:15 Iranian films and Western audiences
14:40 Kiarostami and repetition
19:40 On leaving his films open-ended
21:51 His influences
23:05 Popularity of his films in the West
25:45 Discussing Majid, one of the boys interviewed in Homework
27:00 Perspective on the Iranian Woman
30:45 Issues with filming Where is the Friend's Home?
34:05 Showing the actors Where is the Friend's Home?

Films mentioned in the course of this interview: A Taste of Cherry; Close-up; The Traveler; Through the Olive Trees; Homework; Where is the Friend's Home?; Life and Nothing More.

Track 1 is a poor quality recording.

Creator: British Film Institute (BFI), 1933-

Creator: Guardian News & Media Ltd, 1967-

 Guardian News & Media Limited (1967-); newspaper publisher
Alan Parker
GUA/9/4/1/4/3/2 · File · 7 January 2000
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Audio recording of an interview with film director Alan Parker in front of a live audience undertaken as part of the Guardian sponsored National Film Theatre Guardian interview series.

The recording begins with Andrew Wooton of the National Film Theatre introducing a screening of Parker's most recent film Angela's Ashes. Host Barry Norman then proceeds to put questions to Parker. The recording comprises a question and answer session with members of the audience from 42.02.

A summary of key topics is included below.

00.00 Introductions
05.00 Discusses becoming involved in Angela’s Ashes
07.15 Adapting the book into a film
11.54 Casting: lead actors; involvement of Irish actors; different actors playing the same character at different ages; child actors
20.05 Making the film: rain, sets
203.32 Reaction of people from Limerick, including the Church
27.49 Involvement with the BFI and Film Council, views on the British film insustry
39.34 Movement between different genres
42.02 Views on poverty today
44.22 Views on the British film industry
49.12 French film
50.55 Working with young actors
52.51 Difficulties of breaking into scriptwriting
55.53 Memorable moments from making Angela’s Ashes.

Films mentioned in the course of the interview include: Angela's Ashes, Bugsey Malone; Midnight Express; Mississippi Burning and Shoot the Moon.

Creator: British Film Institute (BFI), 1933-

Creator: Guardian News & Media Ltd, 1967-

 Guardian News & Media Limited (1967-); newspaper publisher
Ang Lee and James Schamus
GUA/9/4/1/4/3/8 · File · 7 November 2000
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Audio recording of an interview with director Ang Lee and scripwriter James Schamus in front of a live audience as part of the Guardian sponsored National Film Theatre Guardian interview series.

The recording begins with Sandra Hebron of the National Film Theatre introducting the event and a selection of clips showcasing Lee and Schamuses' work. Host Neil Norman then proceeds to put questions to the interviewees. The interview focuses predominatly on the making of the film Crouching Tider Hidden Dragon. The interview comprises a question and answer session with members of the audience from 39.48 of track 1.

A summary of the topics discussed is included below.

Track 1:
00.00 Introductions and film clips
03.12 How Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon came to be made
07.07 Western themes in the film
11.05 Fight scenes in the film
13.40 Casting of the film and discussions about an English language version
17.18 How adapting a novel affects the scriptwriting process
23.35 How Lee and Schamus began working together
27.04 How Schamuses company Good Machine began and its first film with Ang Lee
30.45 The emotional arc in Lee’s films
35.55 Eastern films breaking through to western audiences
39.48 Movement between different genres in Ang's film making
42.08 The extent to which making Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was a risk
48.57 Availability of the novel of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
49.33 Interest in the martial arts genre
51.54 Possible sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
53.35 Inspiration for female characters in Ang's films
56.36 Making the fight sequence at the end of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
59.30 Flashback scenes at the end of the film
01.01.00 The scriptwriting process

Track 2:
0.00 The scriptwriting process continued
03.55 Norman closes the interview and introduces the final clip.

Other films mentioned in the course of the interview include: Sense and Sensibility; Ride with the Devil; The Ice Storm, Woe to Live On, Pushing Hands, The Wedding Banquet and Eat Drink Man Woman.

Creator: British Film Institute (BFI), 1933-

Creator: Guardian News & Media Ltd, 1967-

 Guardian News & Media Limited (1967-); newspaper publisher