Behind the Screen

Get inside the movies with these illuminating insights from the people who make them.
The movies can make us believe in magic, but what they really serve up is illusion: pull back the curtain and what's revealed is a vast enterprise of imagination, skill and invention. When it comes to feature films, a director may preside over a legion of hundreds of actors, artists and technicians. To outsiders - that's most of us - this complex world can seem mystifying and impenetrable. So an insider's perspective is worth its weight in gold, as these rare interviews and talks by filmmakers and performers show.
19 items in this collection

Vivat Birt Acres

Julie Christie and Alan Bates entertain us as Hardy's book is brought to life.

The Set of Far from the Madding Crowd

Robin Williams (Kelly)

Clapperboard [24/11/80]

The Guardian Interview: Ralph Fiennes

MOMI Indian Cinema Interviews

Ismail Merchant and James Ivory

Ben Kingsley and Buzz Goodbody

Georges Melies

Clive Donner

Mike Leigh and Les Blair

Jill Craigie / Rosamond Lehmann

Clapperboard North West [16/11/79]

David Lean A Life in Film

MOMI Presentation by Terry Gilliam

The Electric Paradise

War, Peace and Pictures: The Films of Kay Mander

Anthony Daniels (Kelly)

Gerry Meets... Maureen O'Hara