Scene by Scene

Season 11997

Mark Cousins invites film actors and directors to watch major scenes in their career to date, and to talk us through them.

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24 Episodes

E01 Sean Connery

With a career spanning nearly 40 years, Scottish actor Sean Connery is one of the world's most popular movie stars. In this programme, while watching clips from his films, he relates anecdotesto Mark Cousins about his life in cinema. Films discussed include Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie and The Hill. Director Mark Cousins Executive producer May Miller

May 10, 1997

E02 Steve Martin

February 21, 1998

E03 Terence Stamp

Maverick actor Terence Stamp talks to Mark Cousins about his life, loves and the decisions that have shaped his career. Clips from Billy Budd and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert are interspersed with Stamp's candid comments.

February 28, 1998

E04 Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese, acclaimed as one of the world's greatest living directors, talks to Mark Cousins in an interview that coincides with the release of Кундун (1997), exploring the life of the Dalai Lama. In his New York production office, Scorsese discusses the experiences of working with actors such as Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli and Harvey Keitel, and how his style has evolved over the last three decades. Scorsese also analyses clips from Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas and New York, New York, and what he considers his best film, Italo-American (1974), a documentary with his parents as subjects.

April 4, 1998

E05 Paul Schrader

About screenwriter/filmmaker/producer Paul Schrader who entered Hollywood with the script of "Taxi Driver".

April 25, 1998

E06 Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon talks to Mark Cousins about his diverse and enduring career in cinema in a conversation punctuated by clips from his films, including The Apartment (1960) and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).

August 15, 1998

E07 Brian De Palma

November 8, 1998

E08 Jonathan Demme

February 27, 1999

E09 Jane Russell

Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell was an American film actress and one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s.

May 15, 1999

E10 Bernardo Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci's career reached a peak of notoriety with Last Tango in Paris (1972) in 1972, but atmospheric early work such as Spider's Strategy (1970) and The Conformist (1970) had already earmarked him as a major talent. Here, in the company of Mark Cousins, he discusses the frank sexuality in his work and influences informing it, and his hatred of his native Italy. The programme includes clips from Bertolucci's films and from those of his many admirers.

September 18, 1999

E11 David Lynch

Mark Cousins meets US director David Lynch, the creator of such idiosyncratic and groundbreaking screen landmarks as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks

November 28, 1999

E12 James Coburn

March 11, 2000

E13 Roman Polanski

May 27, 2000

E14 Woody Allen

Mark Cousins Interviews Woody Allen about his life and work.

June 10, 2000

E15 Rod Steiger

July 15, 2000

E16 Lauren Bacall

In a rare interview, Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall speaks to Mark Cousins about her career, her marriage to Humphrey Bogart and her friendships with Katharine Hepburn and Rock Hudson.

August 5, 2000

E17 Janet Leigh

December 16, 2000

E18 Kirk Douglas

December 28, 2000

E19 Tom Hanks

January 21, 2001

E20 Donald Sutherland

With roles in Военно-полевой госпиталь M*A*S*H. (1970), Klute (1971), Donald Sutherland made his name in some of the outstanding films of the seventies. He has remained one of Hollywood's most versatile actors, and in this programme he talks with Mark Cousins about his life and work.

March 22, 2001

E21 Jeff Bridges

August 8, 2001

E22 Dennis Hopper

August 20, 2001

E23 Jeanne Moreau

Considered by Orson Welles to be the greatest actress in the world, Jeanne Moreau was the muse of French cinema in the 1960s. Here she reveals the stories behind the making of Jules and Jim (1962), and explores sexual and intellectual freedom in her career and private life.

December 1, 2001

E24 John Sayles

December 8, 2001

Scene by Scene

E01 Sean Connery

E02 Steve Martin

E03 Terence Stamp

E04 Martin Scorsese

E05 Paul Schrader

E06 Jack Lemmon

E07 Brian De Palma

E08 Jonathan Demme

E09 Jane Russell

E10 Bernardo Bertolucci

E11 David Lynch

E12 James Coburn

E13 Roman Polanski

E14 Woody Allen

E15 Rod Steiger

E16 Lauren Bacall

E17 Janet Leigh

E18 Kirk Douglas

E19 Tom Hanks

E20 Donald Sutherland

E21 Jeff Bridges

E22 Dennis Hopper

E23 Jeanne Moreau

E24 John Sayles

Breaking Bad

Amigas y rivales

Little Angel Face

GLOW

Never Have I Ever

Top Gear

Dallas

The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

Monk

Oh Yeah! Cartoons

Física o química: El reencuentro

Breathe

The Closer

Fuller House

The Message

Planet Earth

Babylon 5

Flower of Evil

Person of Interest

Roots

E01 Sean Connery

E02 Steve Martin

E03 Terence Stamp

E04 Martin Scorsese

E05 Paul Schrader

E06 Jack Lemmon

E07 Brian De Palma

E08 Jonathan Demme

E09 Jane Russell

E10 Bernardo Bertolucci

E11 David Lynch

E12 James Coburn

E13 Roman Polanski

E14 Woody Allen

E15 Rod Steiger

E16 Lauren Bacall

E17 Janet Leigh

E18 Kirk Douglas

E19 Tom Hanks

E20 Donald Sutherland

E21 Jeff Bridges

E22 Dennis Hopper

E23 Jeanne Moreau

E24 John Sayles