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Radio 4,06 Nov 2018,28 mins
Paul Dano, Venice floods and the impact on its cultural heritage, the department store in art
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Paul Dano: we speak to the BAFTA- and Golden Globe-nominated actor about going behind the camera for his star-studded directorial debut, Wildlife. Starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal, his film focuses on a family in a small American town whose 14-year-old son must bear the emotional burden of his parents' marital troubles. Venice: after the worst flooding in a decade - with waters reaching over five feet - what is being done to protect this world class cultural heritage site, its art and culture? We speak to Toto Bergamo-Rossi, Director of the Venetian Heritage Foundation, and to Mechtild Rossler, Director of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre. And the department store in the arts: as hundreds of stores and shopping centres face crisis and closure, film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and cultural commentator Matthew Sweet discuss their depiction in film, television and the arts. Presenter Samira Ahmed Producer Emma Wallace
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