Scene by Scene
Scene by Scene

Scene by Scene (1997)

6.0 (3 votes)
1 Season
May 10, 1997
English
Documentary

Synopsis

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

Network

BBC Two

Episodes

Sean Connery
E1

Sean Connery

May 10, 1997
60 min

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

Steve Martin
E2

Steve Martin

Feb 21, 1998
60 min

No description available.

Terence Stamp
E3

Terence Stamp

Feb 28, 1998
60 min

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.

Martin Scorsese
E4

Martin Scorsese

Apr 4, 1998
60 min

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.

Paul Schrader
E5

Paul Schrader

Apr 25, 1998
60 min

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

Jack Lemmon
E6

Jack Lemmon

Aug 15, 1998
60 min

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).

Brian De Palma
E7

Brian De Palma

Nov 8, 1998
60 min

No description available.

Jonathan Demme
E8

Jonathan Demme

Feb 27, 1999
60 min

No description available.

Jane Russell
E9

Jane Russell

May 15, 1999
60 min

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

Bernardo Bertolucci
E10

Bernardo Bertolucci

Sep 18, 1999
60 min

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.

David Lynch
E11

David Lynch

Nov 28, 1999
60 min

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

James Coburn
E12

James Coburn

Mar 11, 2000
60 min

No description available.

Roman Polanski
E13

Roman Polanski

May 27, 2000
60 min

No description available.

Woody Allen
E14

Woody Allen

Jun 10, 2000
60 min

Mark Cousins Interviews Woody Allen about his life and work.

Rod Steiger
E15

Rod Steiger

Jul 15, 2000
60 min

No description available.

Lauren Bacall
E16

Lauren Bacall

Aug 5, 2000
60 min

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.

Janet Leigh
E17

Janet Leigh

Dec 16, 2000
60 min

No description available.

Kirk Douglas
E18

Kirk Douglas

Dec 28, 2000
60 min

No description available.

Tom Hanks
E19

Tom Hanks

Jan 21, 2001
60 min

No description available.

Donald Sutherland
E20

Donald Sutherland

Mar 22, 2001
60 min

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.

Jeff Bridges
E21

Jeff Bridges

Aug 8, 2001
60 min

No description available.

Dennis Hopper
E22

Dennis Hopper

Aug 20, 2001
60 min

No description available.

Jeanne Moreau
E23

Jeanne Moreau

Dec 1, 2001
60 min

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.

John Sayles
E24

John Sayles

Dec 8, 2001
60 min

No description available.

Cast

Details

Original Title

Scene by Scene

Status

Ended

Seasons

1

Episodes

24