Film: 28 Aug 14: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari; Gruff Rhys; Richard Attenborough




The Film Programme show

Summary: Francine Stock unlocks The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari as the horror classic is re-released in cinema. Holding the keys are novelist Kim Newman, psychiatrist Peter Byrne and production designer Maria Djurkovic. Another chance to hear Richard Attenborough's interview with Francine, in which he discusses his philosophy of film and explains why cinema needs to be compassionate and political as well as entertaining. Singer Gruff Rhys discusses his documentary American Interior about his quest for a tribe of Welsh speaking Native Americans and his distant relative, the 18th century explorer John Evans, who tried to find them and ended up mapping the heartlands of the United States in the process. Director Ivan Sen on his thriller Mystery Road about an Aboriginal detective who stands alone against corruption in the Australian Outback.