
Alexandra Bentley and Movies That Changed Your Life: Amelie, Cialo (aka The Body) & Black Swan
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Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with producer and author Alexandra Bentley, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Amelie’s impact, Cialo (aka The Body) analysis, and Black Swan’s influence on her personal growth and cinema’s transformative power on her. Alexandra Bentley also discuss the writing of Producing Film And Television: First in, Last Out with Steve Pinhay.
Movies That Changed Your Life
Find out about how Alexandra Bentley wrote Producing Film And Television: First in, Last Out with Steve Pinhay and the lasting impact of cinema on her life with Stuart Wright on his movie podcast.
[1:20] The writing of “Producing Film And Television: First in, Last Out” with Steve Pinhay
3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life
Amelie impact
[25:39] Alexandra Bentley says she fell in love with Amelie as soon as it came out. Growing up in Poland, Polish and European cinema was important to her than any Hollywood blockbuster.
Cialo (aka The Body) analysis
[31:45] Alexandra Bentley says Andrzej Saramonowicz, the director of Cialo (aka The Body) is a brilliant comedy writer and anything he touches, Polish film fans know it’s going to be funny. Cialo was highly anticipated and it didn’t disappoint.
Black Swan Influence
[38:00] Alexandra Bentley says she was already living in the UK when Black Swan came out and working at 20th Century Fox. It was a film that was to be released under the Fox Searchlight banner and it was just incredible to be a part of that marketing and sales process.
Key Take Aways:
Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.
Learn about how Alexandra Bentley wrote Producing Film And Television: First in, Last Out with Steve Pinhay.
Understand cinema’s transformative power through Amelie (2001), Cialo (aka The Body) (2003), Black Swan (2010)
About the Guest:
Alexandra Bentley is Head Of Production at Big Safari and co-author (with Steve Pinhay) of Producing Film And Television: First in, Last Out published by Routledge.
Producing Film And Television: First in, Last Out is out now and available at https://www.routledge.com/Producing-Film-and-Television-First-In-Last-Out/Pinhay-Bentley/p/book/9781032608686
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Credits:
Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/)
Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/)
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