Mike Leigh & Michele Austin on HARD TRUTHS, Christopher Frayling on Sergio Leone by Himself
Kermode on Film
HLA Agency
4.4 • 913 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to Kermode on Film. This episode was recorded live at the BFI Southbank on Monday 16 December 2024.
Mark Kermode is joined by Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, to talk about his new book Sergio Leone by Himself, which touches on the life and legacy of one of cinema’s most iconic directors.
He then talks to Mike Leigh and Michele Austin about Leigh's new film HARD TRUTHS, a powerful film about complex relationships and the raw emotional terrain of real-life struggles.
The second half of the live show will be podcast a week today, when Mark is joined by Andrew Garfield and director John Crowley to discuss their new film WE LIVE IN TIME, followed by a conversation with Jason Isaacs about his upcoming work in THE SALT PATH. acting, awards season, and playing Cary Grant in ARCHIE.
Thanks for listening, and remember, keep watching the skies!
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The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:
- Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.
- Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.
- Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.
- The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.
We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.
They are masterpieces!
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| 0:00.0 | In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. |
| 0:03.6 | You find the fun and snap! |
| 0:08.5 | Did you know that the very first assembly of photographs and sequential order to create a motion picture was a two-second clip of a black man on horse? |
| 0:17.8 | We want the finest wines available to humanity. |
| 0:23.2 | We want them here and we want them now. |
| 0:29.2 | You really don't want me to play, huh? No, I do. Captain Hardy said no. |
| 0:30.3 | Captain who? |
| 0:40.2 | Hi, this is Mark Kerrmode. Welcome to Kerrmode on film. Thanks for downloading this episode, which was recorded live at the BFI South Bank in December 2024. |
| 0:49.4 | I was joined on stage by Sir Christopher Fraling to talk about his new book, Sergio Leone, by himself, which touches on the life and legacy of one of cinema's most iconic directors. |
| 0:55.4 | Then I talked to Mike Lee and Michelle Austin about their new film Hard Truths, a powerful movie about complicated relationships and the raw emotional terrain of real life struggles. So sit back and enjoy part |
| 1:00.6 | one of this MK3D special recorded live at the BFI South Bank in London. |
| 1:09.2 | I presume it's because it's the Christmas show, but these are usually water glasses. |
| 1:13.6 | They're people turn into wine glasses. |
| 1:15.6 | Hello everybody. How fabulous to see you all here. This is the 97th consecutive MK3D show. |
| 1:28.4 | We are fast approaching the 100th, which is it March, is it March, right? |
| 1:33.2 | March, the 100th MK3D show, which will be quite the thing. |
| 1:37.8 | But honestly, it's going to have a hard job keeping up with the show that we have for you tonight, |
| 1:43.0 | which is spectacularly packed. |
| 1:45.3 | And you probably figured this out already. |
| 1:48.8 | There will be... |
| 1:49.8 | I mean, there's no way of hiding the fact that there will be a musical element. |
| 1:55.0 | As you know, at the end of the show, we always like to play a song from a film, |
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