Angela Carter's Curious Room (Original title)
Dates: 1992 (Copyright), 15 September 1992 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Kim Evans
Production company billing: ©1992. BBC [end] In Colour Film Extract The Company of Wolves (1984) The Magic Toyshop (1987)
Synopsis: A profile of the novelist and writer Angela Carter, filmed in the last months before her death. An exploration of her life and work is undertaken through a search for what Carter calls "The Curious Room", the room in which all the secrets of a person's life are stored before they are born, and which they spend their lifetime trying to remember. Interview sequences and scnes from Carter's life in South London are intercut with encounters between author and some of her creations, including Tristessa from `The Passion of New Eve', Fevvers from `Nights at the Circus' (played by Joanna Mays), and the twins Nora and Dora Chance from `Wise Children'. In interview Carter she discusses the political nature of art and her appreciation of Shakespeare. She also contributes some new writing to the programme. Contributors include film director Neil Jordan.
Genre: Anthology
Subjects: Carter, Angela (1940-1992), English fiction
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 15 September 1992Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:10-23:00Runtime: 50 mins Network - Colour - Sound
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Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-640124
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
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Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-640124
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Video materials(3)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 48.05 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1992-09-15BFI identifier: C-710601
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1423376
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-231827
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Dates: 1992 (Copyright), 15 September 1992 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Kim Evans
Production company billing: ©1992. BBC [end] In Colour Film Extract The Company of Wolves (1984) The Magic Toyshop (1987)
Synopsis: A profile of the novelist and writer Angela Carter, filmed in the last months before her death. An exploration of her life and work is undertaken through a search for what Carter calls "The Curious Room", the room in which all the secrets of a person's life are stored before they are born, and which they spend their lifetime trying to remember. Interview sequences and scnes from Carter's life in South London are intercut with encounters between author and some of her creations, including Tristessa from `The Passion of New Eve', Fevvers from `Nights at the Circus' (played by Joanna Mays), and the twins Nora and Dora Chance from `Wise Children'. In interview Carter she discusses the political nature of art and her appreciation of Shakespeare. She also contributes some new writing to the programme. Contributors include film director Neil Jordan.
Genre: Anthology
Subjects: Carter, Angela (1940-1992), English fiction
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 15 September 1992Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:10-23:00Runtime: 50 mins Network - Colour - Sound
Credits
(26)
[Subject of Film]: Angela Carter, ©/Production Company: BBC, Producer: Kim Evans, Assistant Producer: David Evans, Omnibus Editor: Andrew Snell, Unit Man: Paula Leonard, Production Services Manager: Warwick Gee, Production Assistant: Carol Akillian, Photography: Colin Waldeck, Rostrum Camera: Ken Morse, Visual Effects Designer: Andy Mcvean, Graphic Design: Steve Bonnett, Keith Haynes, Videotape Editor: Andrew Barker, Film Editor: David Kitson, Designer: Oliver Bayldon, Properties Buyer: Sara Richardson, Costume Designer: Brian Willis, Make-up: Lesley Smith, Sound: Michael Spencer, Sound: John Hooper, Bruce Gallaway, Dubbing Mixer: David Old, Dubbing Editor: Eileen Kardos, Model Design Consultant: Corinna Sargood
Cast
(7)
Angela Carter, Neil Jordan, Lorna Sage (interviewee), Hugh Stalker (interviewee (brother)), Sheila Hancock (readings by), Joanna Mays (Fevvers), Beryl Nesbitt (Nora & Dora Chance)Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-640124
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(1)
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-640124
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Video materials(3)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 48.05 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1992-09-15BFI identifier: C-710601
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1423376
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-231827
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape