Francis Lee on Ammonite
Antonia Quirke talks to Francis Lee, director of Ammonite starring Kate Winslet, looks at the work of a film makers' collective, and director Mark Jenkin continues his audio diary.
Antonia Quirke talks to Francis Lee, director of Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet, about the palaeontologist Mary Anning. They discuss his controversial imagining of a lesbian relationship for Anning, the importance of sound in cinema and why he has never seen his own film on the big screen.
Antonia also looks at the work of MIMC, a film makers' collective in the Scottish borders and discovers the part it plays in its members' lives both socially and cinematographically.
And director Mark Jenkin continues his audio diary and reveals why going on holiday just before shooting commences might not be a bad thing.
Producer: Harry Parker
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