Memoir Archive

  • Danish director LONE SCHERFIG (Italian for Beginners) chats about the attraction of Lynn Barber’s memoirs and recreating the early 60s in her latest film, An Education. While actor MATTHEW BEARD (And When Did You Last See Your Father?) talks about northern acting heroes and his own education. MMM: What was it about Lynn Barber’s memoirs that you found so irresistible? Scherfig: I loved the tone, and the period, and the characters – they’re all very...

    Lone Scherfig (director) & Matthew Beard (actor) – An Education

    Danish director LONE SCHERFIG (Italian for Beginners) chats about the attraction of Lynn Barber’s memoirs and recreating the early 60s in her latest film, An Education. While actor MATTHEW BEARD (And When Did You Last See Your Father?) talks about northern acting heroes and his own education. MMM: What was it about Lynn Barber’s memoirs that you found so irresistible? Scherfig: I loved the tone, and the period, and the characters – they’re all very...

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  • DOMINIC COOPER (Mamma Mia!), star of An Education, chats about the appeal of Nick Hornby’s writing, 1960s music, and teenage rebellion. MMM: Why did Lynn Barber’s memoirs prove irresistible? Cooper: I found out about it quite late on, although I was very attracted to it immediately because I knew that it was Nick Hornby’s original screenplay. I grew up with his books, loving his books. I knew nothing about Lynn Barber’s memoirs at all, but...

    Dominic Cooper (actor) – An Education

    DOMINIC COOPER (Mamma Mia!), star of An Education, chats about the appeal of Nick Hornby’s writing, 1960s music, and teenage rebellion. MMM: Why did Lynn Barber’s memoirs prove irresistible? Cooper: I found out about it quite late on, although I was very attracted to it immediately because I knew that it was Nick Hornby’s original screenplay. I grew up with his books, loving his books. I knew nothing about Lynn Barber’s memoirs at all, but...

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  • British actress CAREY MULLIGAN (And When Did You Last See Your Father?, Pride & Prejudice) talks about drama school auditions, teenage rebellion, and how she’s coping with life in the limelight after her first starring role in An Education. MMM: You were 22 when you made the film, so how did you find getting back into the mindset of a 16-year-old? Mulligan: I’ve always played younger parts. When I was 19, I played a 14-year-old....

    Carey Mulligan (actress) – An Education

    British actress CAREY MULLIGAN (And When Did You Last See Your Father?, Pride & Prejudice) talks about drama school auditions, teenage rebellion, and how she’s coping with life in the limelight after her first starring role in An Education. MMM: You were 22 when you made the film, so how did you find getting back into the mindset of a 16-year-old? Mulligan: I’ve always played younger parts. When I was 19, I played a 14-year-old....

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  • From English student, to English teacher, to English set text. Film journalist Jan Gilbert finds out what’s next for author NICK HORNBY. When Cambridge University graduate Nick Hornby taught English at the city’s Parkside Community College, he had no idea that one day pupils would be studying his novels. It all started in 1992 with Hornby’s autobiographical tale Fever Pitch, a story of football fandom. For his latest film, An Education, Hornby has adapted another...

    Nick Hornby (writer) – An Education

    From English student, to English teacher, to English set text. Film journalist Jan Gilbert finds out what’s next for author NICK HORNBY. When Cambridge University graduate Nick Hornby taught English at the city’s Parkside Community College, he had no idea that one day pupils would be studying his novels. It all started in 1992 with Hornby’s autobiographical tale Fever Pitch, a story of football fandom. For his latest film, An Education, Hornby has adapted another...

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  • ROBERT DE NIRO and producer ART LINSON chat about their film What Just Happened?, the pressures of producing, terrible test screenings, and biting the hand that feeds. MMM: Your book, which the film’s based on, is subtitled Bitter Tales from the Hollywood Front Line, but the movie is more bittersweet, more comedic. Why did you decide to go that particular way? Linson: Bitter to me is usually funny – everybody has a different sense of...

    Robert De Niro (actor) & Art Linson (producer) – What Just Happened?

    ROBERT DE NIRO and producer ART LINSON chat about their film What Just Happened?, the pressures of producing, terrible test screenings, and biting the hand that feeds. MMM: Your book, which the film’s based on, is subtitled Bitter Tales from the Hollywood Front Line, but the movie is more bittersweet, more comedic. Why did you decide to go that particular way? Linson: Bitter to me is usually funny – everybody has a different sense of...

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