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Radio 4,18 Oct 2018,28 mins

Orphee, Halloween, Matteo Garrone

The Film Programme

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With Antonia Quirke. Halloween comes early as composer Neil Brand reveals how John Carpenter's score for his 1978 horror classic changed the sound of horror in the movies. Poet Don Paterson waxes lyrical about Jean Cocteau's Orphee and reveals why poets rarely make good film-makers. Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone discusses his latest drama set in the Italian underworld, Dogman, which won the award for best actor at this year's Cannes Film Festival and best dog at the Palme Dog awards, which is also held annually in the French resort.

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