Causing A Scene

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Dreams

20221230

20250627 (R4)

Carol Morley, Asif Kapadia and Hossein Amini discuss the art of the dream sequence and why it might have gone to our heads. And Antonia asks them if they've ever dreamt up a scene for a movie they were writing, or whether a movie has ever entered their subconscious minds. And we reveal why nobody has ever had a dream like Gregory Peck in Hitchcock's classic Spellbound.

Carol Morley and Hossein Amini discuss the art of the dream sequence and why it might have gone to our heads.

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Ghosts

20221227

20250624 (R4)

With Antonia Quirke

Antonia talks to directors James Watkins and Mark Jenkin about a classic ghost scene, the appearance of a figure in the distance, never moving but always watching you. James used that moment to full effect in his ghoulish hit The Woman In Black, and the character also figures heavily in Mark's new movie, Enys Men, and they explain why that scene still gives us the shivers, even though we've seen it countless times before.

Antonia Quirke talks to directors James Watkins and Mark Jenkin about a classic ghost scene, the appearance of a figure in the distance, never moving but always watching you.

[LISTEN NOW]

I Love You

20221228

20250625 (R4)

Writers Hossein Amini and Rebecca Lenkiewicz tell Antonia Quirke why 'I love you' can be the hardest thing to say in a script. And about all the alternatives they have tried instead, both in their movies and their personal lives. Antonia takes an affectionate look at classic declarations of love in films, such as Tom Cruise's much-imitated line 'you complete me' and Renee Zellweger's equally famous riposte 'you had me at hello.

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Sliding Doors

20221226

20250623 (R4)

~Causing A Scene looks at the scenes in movies that seem to perfectly capture a universal experience, or feeling. And that have perhaps influenced not only the way we look at the world but the way we talk, dream and grieve.

In this first episode, Antonia Quirke reveals how the title of a 1998 movie with Gwyneth Paltrow gave the world the phrase 'sliding doors'. Producer Philippa Braithwaite explains how the film had its own sliding doors moment when it seemed like it was never going to be made. And the movie's production designer Maria Djurkovic tells Antonia how life imitated art when she met a man on a tube train, just like the plot of Sliding Doors. Antonia also looks at the classic sliding doors movie It's A Wonderful Life and talks to cinema owner Kevin Markwick about why he thinks of himself as George Bailey, the man with a plan to leave his small town, memorably played by James Stewart.

Sliding Doors, the movie that changed the English language.

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War

20221229

20250626 (R4)

Antonia Quirke talks to Ukrainian cinema goers about the scenes that have resonated with them and that have reflected their present reality. The choices might surprise you, as not all of them are war films, but big budget Hollywood fantasy movies and science fiction. Antonia also talks to cinematographer Seamus McGarvey about filming the famous Dunkirk scene in Atonement, a five minute tracking shot that tries to get into the heads of war-wearied soldiers with PTSD.

[LISTEN NOW]

Episodes

Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
Dreams	20221230	20250627 (R4)	Carol Morley, Asif Kapadia and Hossein Amini discuss the art of the dream sequence and why it might have gone to our heads. And Antonia asks them if they've ever dreamt up a scene for a movie they were writing, or whether a movie has ever entered their subconscious minds. And we reveal why nobody has ever had a dream like Gregory Peck in Hitchcock's classic Spellbound. Carol Morley and Hossein Amini discuss the art of the dream sequence and why it might have gone to our heads. [LISTEN NOW]
Ghosts	20221227	20250624 (R4)	With Antonia Quirke Antonia talks to directors James Watkins and Mark Jenkin about a classic ghost scene, the appearance of a figure in the distance, never moving but always watching you. James used that moment to full effect in his ghoulish hit The Woman In Black, and the character also figures heavily in Mark's new movie, Enys Men, and they explain why that scene still gives us the shivers, even though we've seen it countless times before. Antonia Quirke talks to directors James Watkins and Mark Jenkin about a classic ghost scene, the appearance of a figure in the distance, never moving but always watching you. [LISTEN NOW]
I Love You	20221228	20250625 (R4)	Writers Hossein Amini and Rebecca Lenkiewicz tell Antonia Quirke why 'I love you' can be the hardest thing to say in a script. And about all the alternatives they have tried instead, both in their movies and their personal lives. Antonia takes an affectionate look at classic declarations of love in films, such as Tom Cruise's much-imitated line 'you complete me' and Renee Zellweger's equally famous riposte 'you had me at hello. [LISTEN NOW]
Sliding Doors	20221226	20250623 (R4)	~Causing A Scene looks at the scenes in movies that seem to perfectly capture a universal experience, or feeling. And that have perhaps influenced not only the way we look at the world but the way we talk, dream and grieve. In this first episode, Antonia Quirke reveals how the title of a 1998 movie with Gwyneth Paltrow gave the world the phrase 'sliding doors'. Producer Philippa Braithwaite explains how the film had its own sliding doors moment when it seemed like it was never going to be made. And the movie's production designer Maria Djurkovic tells Antonia how life imitated art when she met a man on a tube train, just like the plot of Sliding Doors. Antonia also looks at the classic sliding doors movie It's A Wonderful Life and talks to cinema owner Kevin Markwick about why he thinks of himself as George Bailey, the man with a plan to leave his small town, memorably played by James Stewart. Sliding Doors, the movie that changed the English language. [LISTEN NOW]
War	20221229	20250626 (R4)	Antonia Quirke talks to Ukrainian cinema goers about the scenes that have resonated with them and that have reflected their present reality. The choices might surprise you, as not all of them are war films, but big budget Hollywood fantasy movies and science fiction. Antonia also talks to cinematographer Seamus McGarvey about filming the famous Dunkirk scene in Atonement, a five minute tracking shot that tries to get into the heads of war-wearied soldiers with PTSD. [LISTEN NOW]