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World Service,05 Sep 2020,53 mins

Director Christopher Nolan

The Arts Hour

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Film director Christopher Nolan talks about his film Tenet and his obsession with time. Chinese American author Yiyun Li on her novel Must I Go and the limitations of the language of grief. French director Quentin Dupieux on quirky dark comedy Deerskin and making movies just for himself. American actor Annette Bening on her new movie Hope Gap and the intimate relationship between star and screenwriter. There’s soul music from Burundian born JP Bimeni. And Nikki Bedi is joined by Brazilian American director and screenwriter Alexandre Moratto to talk about his picture Socrates, and by filmmaker and critic Catherine Bray. (Photo: Christopher Nolan. Credit: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images)

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