Lawrence of Arabia (and some amazing interviews from the silent era)
February 3rd, 2008 by Steve BowbrickPaul Gambaccini seems to have become the Beeb’s unofficial historian of 20th Century pop culture. He’s got a new four-part series about the Oscars which has got off to a good start with a show about the 1962 best picture Lawrence of Arabia. Contributors include David Thomson, Kenneth Turan, Bob Osborne and - my favourite - Kevin Brownlow.
Actually David Thomson is my favourite really (his Biographical Dictionary of Film is a genuine wonder) but I needed a reason to link to an exceptional Brownlow programme from March 2005 featuring his interviews with artists of the silent era. So here (for the podcast) is the Gambaccini programme (MP3) and here (for later) is the Brownlow (MP3).
