
Billy Zane: movie star (and secret painter)
"If I can't find canvas, I'll use a sail" Billy Zane on making art from whatever comes to hand.
Billy Zane reveals that when the cameras stop rolling he rushes off to his makeshift art studio; writer Khaled Hosseini talks about the song by Afghan singer Ahmad Zahir that stopped him in his tracks as a child and still has the power to move him now; Throwing Muses singer Kristin Hersh gives an exclusive performance of a song from her band's new album and talks about her mental illness and how it affected her creativity; in his third Reith Lecture, artist Grayson Perry asks if art has finally lost its power to shock.
Photo: Kristin Hersh (C) Dina Douglas; Billy Zane (C) PA, Grayson Perry (C) BBC
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Billy Zane talks about his art
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The Harder They Came - cult Jamaican movie
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Khaled Hosseini on the Afghan singer, Ahmad Zahir
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Interview with Kristin Hersh
Duration: 10:08
Grayson Perry Reith Lecture 3
Duration: 26:28
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