Gene Wilder considers the tragicomic nature of real life, and shares some of the lessons he’s learned in Kiss Me Like A Stranger.
Please note: This interview was rebroadcast from March 22nd, 2005. Gene Wilder's appearance at the 92nd St Y with Wendy Wasserstein, which was mentioned at the end of the interview, took place on March, 22nd.
» Visit our Guest Picks page to find out what moves Gene Wilder
Music: Jumpstart and Jazz, Wynton Marsalis: "Slow Drag"
Triptych Myth, "Poppa's Gin in the Chicken Feed." From the album The Beautiful, to be released October 24th from AUM Fidelity
Please note: This interview was rebroadcast from March 22nd, 2005. Gene Wilder's appearance at the 92nd St Y with Wendy Wasserstein, which was mentioned at the end of the interview, took place on March, 22nd.
» Visit our Guest Picks page to find out what moves Gene Wilder
Music: Jumpstart and Jazz, Wynton Marsalis: "Slow Drag"
Triptych Myth, "Poppa's Gin in the Chicken Feed." From the album The Beautiful, to be released October 24th from AUM Fidelity
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