Mark Cousins
Director
Scene by Scene (1997)
Season 1
Mark Cousins invites film actors and directors to watch major scenes in their career to date, and to talk us through them.
Released May 9, 1997
Episode 50 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, Talk Show
Keywords: imdb.three-word-title, imdb.tv-interview, imdb.anecdote, imdb.intimate-interviews-series, imdb.pop-culture, imdb.1990s, imdb.acting-career + 3 more, imdb.famous-actor, imdb.filmmaking, imdb.movie-star
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Sean Connery
With a career spanning nearly 40 years, Scottish actor Sean Connery is one of the world's most popular movie stars. In this programme, while watching clips from his films, he relates anecdotesto Mark Cousins about his life in cinema. Films discussed include Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie and The Hill.
Director Mark Cousins
Executive producer May Miller
May 10, 1997, midnight
S1E2 - Steve Martin
Feb. 21, 1998, midnight
S1E3 - Terence Stamp
Maverick actor Terence Stamp talks to Mark Cousins about his life, loves and the decisions that have shaped his career. Clips from Billy Budd and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert are interspersed with Stamp's candid comments.
Feb. 28, 1998, midnight
S1E4 - Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese, acclaimed as one of the world's greatest living directors, talks to Mark Cousins in an interview that coincides with the release of Кундун (1997), exploring the life of the Dalai Lama. In his New York production office, Scorsese discusses the experiences of working with actors such as Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli and Harvey Keitel, and how his style has evolved over the last three decades. Scorsese also analyses clips from Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas and New York, New York, and what he considers his best film, Italo-American (1974), a documentary with his parents as subjects.
April 4, 1998, midnight
S1E5 - Paul Schrader
About screenwriter/filmmaker/producer Paul Schrader who entered Hollywood with the script of "Taxi Driver".
April 25, 1998, midnight
S1E6 - Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon talks to Mark Cousins about his diverse and enduring career in cinema in a conversation punctuated by clips from his films, including The Apartment (1960) and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).
Aug. 15, 1998, midnight
S1E7 - Brian De Palma
Nov. 8, 1998, midnight
S1E8 - Jonathan Demme
Feb. 27, 1999, midnight
S1E9 - Jane Russell
Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell was an American film actress and one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s.
May 15, 1999, midnight
S1E10 - Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci's career reached a peak of notoriety with Last Tango in Paris (1972) in 1972, but atmospheric early work such as Spider's Strategy (1970) and The Conformist (1970) had already earmarked him as a major talent. Here, in the company of Mark Cousins, he discusses the frank sexuality in his work and influences informing it, and his hatred of his native Italy. The programme includes clips from Bertolucci's films and from those of his many admirers.
Sept. 18, 1999, midnight
S1E11 - David Lynch
Mark Cousins meets US director David Lynch, the creator of such idiosyncratic and groundbreaking screen landmarks as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks
Nov. 28, 1999, midnight
S1E12 - James Coburn
March 11, 2000, midnight
S1E13 - Roman Polanski
May 27, 2000, midnight
S1E14 - Woody Allen
Mark Cousins Interviews Woody Allen about his life and work.
June 10, 2000, midnight
S1E15 - Rod Steiger
July 15, 2000, midnight
S1E16 - Lauren Bacall
In a rare interview, Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall speaks to Mark Cousins about her career, her marriage to Humphrey Bogart and her friendships with Katharine Hepburn and Rock Hudson.
Aug. 5, 2000, midnight
S1E17 - Janet Leigh
Dec. 16, 2000, midnight
S1E18 - Kirk Douglas
Dec. 28, 2000, midnight
S1E19 - Tom Hanks
Jan. 21, 2001, midnight
S1E20 - Donald Sutherland
With roles in Военно-полевой госпиталь M*A*S*H. (1970), Klute (1971), Donald Sutherland made his name in some of the outstanding films of the seventies. He has remained one of Hollywood's most versatile actors, and in this programme he talks with Mark Cousins about his life and work.
March 22, 2001, midnight
S1E21 - Jeff Bridges
Aug. 8, 2001, midnight
S1E22 - Dennis Hopper
Aug. 20, 2001, midnight
S1E23 - Jeanne Moreau
Considered by Orson Welles to be the greatest actress in the world, Jeanne Moreau was the muse of French cinema in the 1960s. Here she reveals the stories behind the making of Jules and Jim (1962), and explores sexual and intellectual freedom in her career and private life.
Dec. 1, 2001, midnight
S1E24 - John Sayles
Dec. 8, 2001, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 50 min.
Released: May 9, 1997
Last Air Date: Dec. 8, 2001, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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