Front Row - 10/02/2009
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Benicio Del Toro talks to Kirsty about the rise of Latin American actors in the Hollywood film industry and the difficulty of funding a film about a communist hero.
Presented by Kirsty Lang.
As the second part of Steven Soderbergh's Che Guevara biopic opens in the UK, Benicio Del Toro talks to Kirsty about the rise of Latin American actors in the Hollywood film industry and the difficulty of funding a film about a communist hero.
The British artist Mark Wallinger's design of a vast 50 metre-high white horse has been chosen as the work of art for the Ebbsfleet Landmark Project in Kent, dubbed the Angel of the South. The horse is scheduled to be finished in time for the London Olympics in 2012. Mark discusses his giant statue and how he intends to build it.
Kirsty meets the creators of award-winning play The Caravan. Inside the caravan, five actors recreate the experiences of people flooded out of their homes in the Summer of 2007, for an audience of just eight people at a time.
Novelist Josephine Hart discusses her latest novel, The Truth About Love, a grief-ridden tale about love of family and country, set in her native Ireland.
- Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7:15PM Tue, 10 Feb 2009
- Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
- First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7:15PM Tue, 10 Feb 2009
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- Duration 30 minutes
