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World Service,23 Nov 2024,49 mins

Indian director Payal Kapadia

The Arts Hour

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Nikki speaks to the Indian director Payal Kapadia whose film All We Imagine as Light won this year’s Grand Prix at Cannes. And she’s joined by cultural critic Larushka Ivan Zadeh to discuss Gladiator II; Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington share their experiences of working on a gigantic set with thousands of extras. Oscar-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker reveals how she and Martin Scorsese added the music to Goodfellas and Raging Bull. Actor and singer Vanessa Williams on playing the ghastly Miranda Priestly in the stage musical version of The Devil Wears Prada. The Iranian-Danish director Ali Abassi discusses casting Sebastian Stan to play Donald Trump in the origin story film, The Apprentice. And there’s music from the Oscar-winning and multiple Grammy-winning Finneas. (Kani Kusruti in All We Imagine as Light. Courtesy of BFI Distribution)

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