Episode 5 Film 2013

Hello and welcome to Film 2013 with me, Claudia Winkleman. And me,

Danny Leigh. If you want to get in touch then please tweet or e-mail.

The details are on the screen now. On tonight's show.

Directing Psycho. Anthony Hopkins is the Master of Suspense in

Hitchcock. More anger.

Love Hurts for Ralph Spall and Rose Byrne in I Give it a Year.

Something in our marriage does a lot click.

And Nicholas Hoult in Zom Com, Warm Bodies.

Plus there's Gael Garcia Bernal in No, and Chris Hewitt is here with

his Top 5 Bio-pics. First tonight, Anthony Hopkins stars as Alfred

Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife, Alma Reville in Hitchcock, a

film that explores their marriage and the making of Psycho.

Mr Hitchcock! Should you not quit while you are ahead?

It is about their relationship, if a marriage. About that

extraordinary moment when one of the most famous movies in film

history was made. I need something fresh and different. There is a

project out there waiting for you, I promise. The film is the untold

story of Hitchcock and his wife. It is sort of a love story about this

creative collaboration behind the scenes. It uses the making of the

film Psycho as the backdrop. Just think of the shock value, killing

off your leading lady halfway through. You are intrigued, are you

not? Admit it. Admit it. Actually I think it is an huge mistake. You

should not wait to halfway through, do it after 30 minutes.

I'm not a huge film buff but I do know some things. I did not know

about the contribution made by Hitchcock's wife to all his movies.

She was a critical component to his creative process. She was involved

in the script, in casting and in editing. So it was about this

unique creative collaboration. was the life that a moment later

cut off her scream, and her head. Charming. Doris Day should do it as

a musical! You do not get movies made without

an obsessiveness and an ability not to let go of something. We see

Hitchcock like this in his movie. do solemnly promise that I will not

divulge the plot nor the many secrets of Psycho.

Directors also need a voyeuristic element which can be twisted or

perfectly healthy. He is always watching. There is

darkness. The take on the shower scene. Hitchcock is pretty out of

control and crazy. He was immensely contradictory and enigmatic and

fascinating. That is why we're still talking about him.

He may not be easy to live with but you are more entertaining than any

of your plots. I do not know what Hitchcock did to

the makers of this film but they must be nursing a grudge. It is so

flaccid and flimsy and grubby. They are selling this as the untold

story. Half of it is not true and almost all his tedious. It is that

which Hitchcock with the spinning in his grave about. It is fine to

make it up but make it interesting. Hitchcock was the genius and Psycho

was a masterpiece. This is at dull film about a slightly creepy middle

aged couple having Marrel full problems. I watched this film on my

own and I stood up and looked it at the end. I'm going into Twitter

world and many people agree with you. One says it is painting by

numbers as a biopic. Another one says it is disappointing week

average that says little about the man that has not been seen before.

Helen Mirren was good. I liked it more than you did. 5 o'clock on a

Sunday, eating biscuits by myself. The shame is that this is such a

fascinating story and should be a fascinating film. Psycho was a film

that turned all the rules on its head. But this is not about his

wife, this is about the cramped up missing link. Constantly on the

verge of having an affair which never happened. Where is Hitchcock?

And spent the entire film wondering where he was. I just kept seeing

this random fat man, that is not Hitchcock. Is it because you have

so much information, because you come to it, for the rest of us will

a bit about Hitchcock, is it because you know too much? I do not

think it is. I just want something interesting. By all means take

liberties but makes something that grabs you. Not something this

insipid. Once you get past the make-up and the fat suit, which is

quite an achievement, what is left of Hitchcock? Had deep Sims can

says it is a formidable duo. A fitting home Irish. As a portrait

of Hitchcock is less openly Sandra's that others. But in a way

just as insulting because it shows him as an E D E who was making a

violent film because he himself had these repressed violent urges. We

heard the director talking about the creative processes. But fruit

has a better understanding of the creative process than that. Helen

Mirren is nominated for the Best Actress BAFTA and you can see if

she wins, and who the other winners are this Sunday on BBC One from 9pm.

Next, I Give It A Year, written and directed by Dan Mazer, the writer

of Borat and Bruno. It is only seven months and some of you think

we're crazy for getting married. Yes, I Give It A Year. It examines

the first year of a marriage. Where in a bit of a dysfunctional

relationship immediately. You're watching a film where you want a

couple ultimately not to be together. Whereas normally you root

for the two protagonists to get together. But here it you want them

to be a part. There is something in our marriage that has not quite

clicked. You think there could be someone

better looking's other terrible sexual problems? I wanted to make a

modern and contemporary comedy about romance as opposed to

something that felt hackneyed and traditional. That is almost a

pejorative term now, Rom Com. I sort you looking at it online the

other day. It is a hybrid of the previous work I have done and the

more romantic, emotional story. Bringing those together was

difficult. I naturally gravitated towards the more extremely

outrageous. That is the hotel. And that, that

is a doggy style. It needs to be rooted in a logic.

That is the thing with all comedy. You get these obscene situations.

But they need some reality in them. You should just cut your losses now

before your life becomes a series of squabbles. It has taken scenes

from my own life. I infuriate my wife. That is the manifestation of

hate and hate is funny. Here we go. Television. For words. First word.

Hanging. Impotent. Stupid. The famine that. Annoying idiot.

Disappointment. Shane. Doctor, not the first thing you think when you

look at him. That is hilarious. I should just

say I have a personal connection to this film, my husband worked on it.

I am delighted to be in this situation again. It is

substantially better than WE. But I think there is the identity crisis

going on. It wants to be like love actually. But I prefer it when it

sticks two fingers up at the fluffy side of things. It works better as

bad taste sketch show about a doomed marriage filled with

terrible family Christmases. Then Tim Key comes on and is hilarious.

He steals whichever parts of the movie are left to be stolen. It is

a very fine cast with a lot of funny people. Sometimes doing funny

things. Good, we are done. It is hilarious. For the sake of my

conscience, my problem is that you have to care about the couple. Deep

down you want them to have a happy ending but I wanted to reach into

the screen and kill them. Ralph spall is playing as likely arrested

but secretly full himself writer. That is basically myself and I

still hated it. There is a very good use of London scenery. And

some very funny moments. Watch out for the bullfrog and the monkey.

has spoken about that all day! Cannot get enough of it. Twitter

again, and one saying it is a hit. Hello and welcome, Chris.

What's your Top 5 this week? Because of Hitchcock it is Bio-pics.

Normally you come in and say top five, perfect. But they have been

some omissions. We have all kinds of things here. We can all jump in.

Was it easy for you? It was tough. Psycho is up my street. But for me

it is a bit like homework, a bit like a history lesson that keeps

going on and on. I think we were both scarred by Gandhi. Not what he

did? Not the man himself. Let us start with number five. It is a

personal choice. It got me into a love of film. And remember sitting

up into the small hours of the morning watching it over and over.

It is James Cagney. If you think he was always a gangster, this will

disabuse you of that. He can't sing and dance. -- she can. Of course,

# She is my Yankee doodle joy. I am a yankee doodle boy. Number four?

This is Social Network, the biopic of Mark Zuckerberg, but her life

could also be commodities the biopic of a phenomenon, Facebook.

You have 42 days to study our system and get out ahead. Used old

our whole idea! You really do not need a forensics team to get to the

bottom of this. If you guys were the inventors of Facebook... That

just makes me think, why are we not watching that together? Why does he

do that thing? Just to disabuse people. Just because he can. Nobody

is going to say to him... This next one changed at the last minute.

my original number three was really embarrassing, and then I woke up in

a cold sweat - I cannot have that! You are not going to say what it

was. I will not say. This is an amazing film, Schindler's List,

obviously about a broader canvas, but also about one man's

conscientious awakening. Oskar Schindler, this salesman who

becomes a selfless saviour. It is absolutely magnificent. If you want,

you could run the company for me. Let me understand - they put up all

the money, I do all the work. would make sure the company is in

business, I would see that it has a certain panache. That is what I am

good at - not the work, the presentation. I promise you, I am

not going to reveal what your original number three was, I would

just like to say that your original number three would not have

approved of your new number three. Nor of any of this! If you can

guess the original number three, we wheels and Jukic. What is number

two? If I had not put this in my list, I would have been killed. It

is Lawrence of Arabia, by David Lean. Nearly four hours long,

beautifully shot, beautifully directed. It can fall into kissing

the bottom of the person they are betraying, the biopic, but this one

does not do that. In fact, TE Lawrence is quite unlike a ball at

times in this. -- unlikeable. It is only flesh-and-blood. You're a

It damn well hurts! Certainly, it does. Well, what is the trick?

the trick, William, is not minding that it hurts. And the first choice

for you... Look at what you have done. Rules are there to be broken.

That would be the motto of this film, Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas.

Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, fantastic cast. But Martin

Scorsese's direction, for me, has never been better. Let's have a

How are you? Good. How are you doing? I gave them $20 each. Over

there. Excellent. What do you do? am in construction. There has been

a lot of action on Twitter, but I had to pick just one film, and that

has been mentioned a lot - Raging Bull. Yes, when it comes to boxing

movies, I think I would go for being more of a rocky IV person.

am just speaking - Chris, you are brilliant! Next, to the Oscar-

nominated Chilean film which charts In 1988, due to international and

national pressure, Pinochet - I assume everybody knows who he was -

had to legitimise his power in Chile through a referendum. This is

the story behind the publicity campaign which accompanied the

movement of No, basically, the opposition against Pinochet. It was

very important to us in the campaign to show the common Chilean

people that there are famous people who are supporting the No position.

Superman, Richard Dreyfuss, and others as well. Remember, the

future of your country is in your hands. The pair in a Chile over

these young -- long years has been the pain of all of us. The egg and

emotional journey throughout the story is based on their anecdotes

and their experiences. During the campaign, it is a very strong

moment, because your brain is exploding, your heart is bumping,

everything is very excited. I think it was also a very good opportunity

to do a homage not only to them, the real protagonists of the

campaign, but also to the millions of exiles from Latin America that

shaped the world in the last It is interesting home --

interesting, a little bit like Lincoln, this film is a smart

operator, because there is not a single second which is stodgy all

wordy. It is a bit like a thriller, but very funny in places. One very

obvious comparison would be Mad Men, because they are both about

advertising, and why we buy what we buy. Except in Chile, what they are

buying is democracy. I loved where they used proper footage. The way

it was shot, it was slightly murky. The was a total masterstroke. It

was like absolute bottom of the barrel, fuzzy video tape, like they

used to do TV news within the 1980s. You're right, you feel you are

right there in Chile in 1988. I suppose it is a similar approach to

the makers of the The Artist. It draws you in much more. Gael Garcia

Bernal is fantastic, but it is also a great character to play. He is

not a soul this con man, but also, he is not a starry-eyed idealist. -

- soulless. I would also like to mention Alfredo, he has got this

fantastic phase, perfect for the part. For me, No is highly

recommended. Finally tonight, a zombie movie. This is may best

friend. It is told from the character of Marney -- from the

point of view of my character. He is a zombie. He meets Julie, and

instantly, thinks she is the bee's knees. Then he captures her, and

rather than eating her, he decides to protect her and keep her safe,

and they form an unlikely friendship. And then, through our

love, it moves on to the zombie community, and I breathe life back

into him, and he does the same to me. We have a balcony scene.

obviously likes her instantly, but he cannot talk, he cannot express

himself. He is dead. And she is terrified that he is going to kill

I accept that I did not have to learn my lines, and I got to watch

to Reyes at acting, which was very enjoyable. But then he would still

forgets his lines sometimes, four lines in one scene! Why did you

save me? Safe - keep you safe. have met people who have seen the

film who say that they feel that way around girls sometimes, they do

not know how to express themselves. People can feel connected to this

material for so many reasons. changing everything. Properly great.

My memory of being a 17-year-old boy is that there was an awful lot

of grunting and shuffling... I can only imagine. Not un zombie-like

behaviour. This film tweaks a little bit of that kind of thing.

Zombie. Were purists might be a bit annoyed, but I thought it way it

tackled that was quite likeable. think it is cute but also quite

cool. And I think the soundtrack is a knockout. And they are both

brilliant in it. I should mention the Twilight connection, because

this is made by the same people. For me, that is the biggest passion

killer imaginable. Some of the has just tweeted in, Warm Bodies just

seems like a version of Twilight. But then again, she is almost eerie

like a blond Christian Stewart. But for me, this is everything that

Twilight is not. This has genuine warmth and wit. It is not banging

you over the head with that pompous stuff that Twilight was famous for.

And of course, there is John Claudia Winkelman. I am slightly

this up by the fact that in the post- zombie era, John Claudia

Winkelman will be there. Film of the week? What is your film of the

That's all for tonight. We're back at the same time next week - 11.05

- and we'll be reviewing A Good Day To Die Hard, This Is 40 and Lore.

Playing us out tonight, Ocscar- nominated Wreck It Ralph, a 3D

animation from Walt Disney. stars John C Riley and Sarah

Silverman and is in cinemas from Friday. Thank you and good night.

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