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Gruelling film productions - stories from the sets of Apocalypse now and Fitzcarraldo

Tales from the set of infamous productions, Bastille Day, Errollyn Wallen, Kasim Ali novel

We mark Bastille Day with a dive into President Macron鈥檚 cultural policy for France. And we revisit the dark heart of filmmaking with two people who were there during the making of Apocalypse Now and Fitzcarraldo. Documentaries made about both films have been re-released - Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers Apocalypse, about Apocalypse Now is in cinemas, and Burden of Dreams about Fitzcarraldo is streaming.

Kasim Ali on his new novel about young British Pakistani men and gang culture. And Errolyn Wallen on composing for the First Night of the Proms.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Harry Graham

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