{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8a257350-1687-4883-9a3f-04a262d6cded/687bc3410de40e9a7c9cca97?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Stephen Fry on ODYSSEY and Allison Anders on GRACE OF MY HEART & PARIS, TEXAS","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9b44742e856226c985775/1752940362216-7b554941-1e7a-488f-b662-c1cec9000b3a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark welcomes two legendary guests for a lively film conversation, recorded at the BFI Southbank on Monday 14th July 2025.</p><p><br></p><p>This is Part 2 of that show, in which Mark is joined by Allison Anders, the director of <em>Gas Food Lodging</em> and <em>Grace of My Heart</em>, to talk about her work. She talks about her experiences of working on <em>Paris, Texas</em>, and about her bucket list project,<em> Paul Is Dead.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Mark is also joined by best beloved writer, actor, and broadcaster Stephen Fry, who reflects on his enduring relationship with cinema, storytelling, and satire.</p><p><br></p><p>In the first half of the 14 July MK3D show, uploaded last week, Mark was joined by Barbara Broccoli and John Carney to discuss the stage to screen production of <em>Sing Street</em>, and by actor and writer Arinzé Kene to talk about <em>Harvest</em>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Films and Productions Mentioned in This Episode:</strong></p><ul><li>Love and Mercy</li><li><em>Grace of My Heart</em></li><li>Gas, Food, Lodging</li><li>Paul Is Dead</li><li>Paris, Texas</li><li>The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan</li><li>The Return, Uberto Pasolini, Ralph Fiennes</li><li>Oh Brother Where Art Thou</li><li>The Hobbit</li><li>There and Back Again</li><li><em>Gaslight, </em>Thorold Dickinson, Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard</li><li>The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp</li><li>Fury, Fritz Lang, Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney</li><li>Dambusters, Peter Jackson</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Guests in This Episode:</strong></p><ul><li>Allison Anders</li><li>Stephen Fry</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Opening title quotes from:</strong></p><ul><li><em>Mary Poppins</em> (Robert Stevenson, Walt Disney Productions – featuring Julie Andrews)</li><li><em>Nope</em> (Jordan Peele, Universal Pictures – featuring Keke Palmer)</li><li><em>Withnail &amp; I</em> (Bruce Robinson, HandMade Films – featuring Richard E. Grant)</li><li><em>The Exorcist</em> (William Friedkin, Warner Bros. – featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>These films are essential viewing.</p><p><br></p><p>Watch them. Love them. Share them.</p><p><br></p><p>They are masterpieces.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>MK3D is a production of HLA Agency</strong></p><p><strong>This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones</strong></p><p>© HLA Agency</p>","author_name":"Mark Kermode"}