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(A scene from "Maqbool")
Worldwide, India’s Bollywood film industry may be just about as famous as Hollywood’s. Filmmakers Shashanka Ghosh and Vishal Bharadwaj and Cinema India! director Radha Welt Vasal are in the studio today to talk about the changing face of Indian cinema. Then Grace Schulman discusses the life and work of American poet Marianne Moore. Ms. Schulman, a poet herself, is the editor of a new comprehensive volume of Moore’s poems. And actress Tilda Swinton on her role in the new film "Young Adam."
Shashanka Ghosh, Radha Welt Vatsal and Vishal Bharadwaj
Cinema India! is at the American Museum of the Moving Image, and features a six-film showcase of the best of Bollywood. Radha Welt Vasal is the director of the Cinema India! program, and joining her are the directors of two of the featured films, Shashanka Ghosh ("Anything Can Happen")and Vishal ...
Grace Schulman
Grace Schulman is the editor of The Poems of Marianne Moore. She’s also the poetry editor of the Nation magazine. Marianne Moore (1887-1972) is now considered one of the major modern American poets.
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» More about Grace Schulman
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Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton co-stars with Ewan MacGregor in "Young Adam,", directed by David Mackenzie. She plays Ella, the wife of a barge owner in Scotland. Swinton’s earlier films include "Adaptation," "Vanilla Sky," and "The Deep End."
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Music: soundtrack, Blink (#4/2)
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Music: soundtrack, Blink (#4/2)
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