The latest brainstorm between the editor, producer and presenter of imagine..., Alan Yentob, has lighted upon another artistic icon to profile.
"imagine… Stephen Frears: Director for Hire profiles acclaimed British director"
"Produced by BBC Studios for BBC One and BBC iPlayer, documentary premiering May 20th sees the Oscar nominated director open up about his life and career for the first time."
Yes, my italics. The twin colossi of Notting Hill, nairy half-a-mile apart, have been a double act on the literary and cinema festival scene for at least as long as I've been blogging. The BBC Press Office may have forgotten Frears 'opening' up to Yentob at the 2014 Hay Festival, re-broadcast on the BBC. And BBC Films have put money into a long list of Mr Frears' cinematic ventures: Liam, Dirty Pretty Things, Mrs Henderson Presents, Tamara Drewe, Victoria and Abdul, The Snapper, Philomena, Florence Foster Jenkins and The Lost King, beyond nurturing him on Play for Today, and continuing through streaming ventures like a A Very British Scandal and State of The Union.
The profile may or may not mention that Harvey Weinstein invested in Philomena, Mrs Henderson Presents, The Snapper or the Frears-directed Lay The Favorite and The Grifters .
Stephen Frears and Alan Yentop visiting the Third Man Museum.#thethirdman #orsonwelles #derdrittemann #vienna #wien #postwar #filmnoir #drittemannmuseum #drittemanntour #filmmuseum #viennafilmcommission #marijanastoisits pic.twitter.com/Uc0oBviLjB
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