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Lynne Ramsay; Sir Cameron Mackintosh

Mark Lawson talks to Lynne Ramsay, director of We Need To Talk About Kevin, adapted from Lionel Shriver's novel, and to Cameron Mackintosh, on his 65th birthday.

With Mark Lawson.

Director Lynne Ramsay's new film We Need to Talk About Kevin won considerable acclaim at this year's Cannes festival. She discusses adapting Lionel Shriver's Orange Prize-winning novel for the cinema, where Tilda Swinton plays the tortured mother of Kevin, who goes on a horrific rampage two days before his 16th birthday.

Theatre producer Cameron Mackintosh is 65 today. He discusses his four decades in the business, in which he has defied critics with international successes including The Phantom of the Opera and Les Mis茅rables, which is now set to become a film staring Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe. He also reflects on working with Andrew Lloyd Webber and finding talent via TV audition shows.

Writer Haruki Murakami is a literary superstar in his native Japan, and his books have been translated into dozens of languages. His latest title 1Q84 sold a million copies in one month in his homeland, and is published in English for the first time this week, as three books in two volumes. Novelist Toby Litt reviews.

Producer Nicki Paxman.

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30 minutes

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Mon 17 Oct 2011 19:15

Chapters

  • Lynne Ramsay

    • Lynne Ramsay

      An interview with director of We Need To Talk About Kevin, Lynne Ramsay.

      Duration: 08:53

  • 1Q84

    • 1Q84

      A review of the 1Q84 novels by author Toby Litt.

      Duration: 06:49

  • Cameron Mackintosh

    • Cameron Mackintosh

      An interview with producer Cameron Mackintosh.

      Duration: 12:02

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  • Mon 17 Oct 2011 19:15

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