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Radio 4,23 Apr 2015,28 mins
Joss Whedon on Avengers; Roy Andersson; Foley; The Falling
The Film ProgrammeAvailable for over a year
With Francine Stock. Avengers' director Joss Whedon discusses the challenges of writing a film with not one, not two, but eight super-heroes. Swedish auteur Roy Andersson on A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence and why the Swedes are really glum. As part of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Get Creative campaign, Francine tries her hand at making sound effects with household objects, ably assisted by Foley artist Barnaby Smyth. In the week that The Falling is released, Kier-La Janisse and Sandra Hebron consider the depiction of mass hysteria in cinema history, from The Devils to Picnic At Hanging Rock.
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