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Alex Fitch
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1.18 - Julian Doyle's Chemical Wedding

Posted by alex on Wed, 28/05/2008 - 13:00
In the last of our podcasts recorded at this year's Sci-Fi London Film Festival, guest presenter Chris Patmore talks to Julian Doyle, the director of the new sci-fi / black comedy horror film Chemical Wedding. Julian and Chris talk about the challenges of adapting the script, Julian's interests in outré magic, science and religion and his experiences of working on films such as Brazil, Time Bandits and Monty Python's Life of Brian. Edited and introduced by Alex Fitch. (more info at http://www.chemicalweddingmovie.co.uk)

1.17 - Zombies at Sci-Fi London

Posted by alex on Sat, 24/05/2008 - 13:00
In the third of our podcasts recorded live at this year's Sci-Fi London Film Festival, we're looking at the new American Indie zombie comedy Wasting Away. Louis Savy introduces a screening of the film and then Alex Fitch conducts a Q & A with director / producer team and co-writers Sean and Matthew Kohnen and lead actress Julianna Robinson. (more info at http://www.wastingawaythemovie.com)

1.16 - Humour at Sci-Fi London

Posted by alex on Mon, 19/05/2008 - 13:00
In the second of our podcasts recorded live at this year's Sci-Fi London Film Festival, we're looking at the more humourous aspects of the festival - a new French kids film Dragon Hunters and a visit by a couple of comedians. Louis Savy introduces a screening of Dragon Hunters and then Alex Fitch conducts a Q & A with directors Guillaume Ivernel and Arthur Qwak. Following that, Alex talks to Rich (The Mighty Boosh) Fulcher and Dean (X-Files / Lone Gunmen) Haglund about their love of the genre. (more info at http://www.dragonhuntersdvd.com, http://www.xfilesimprov.com & http://www.myspace.com/richfulchercomedy)

Interlude: SFL on "I'm ready for my close-up"

Posted by alex on Thu, 15/05/2008 - 13:00
In an interview originally broadcast live on Resonance 104.4 FM, Alex Fitch talks to Electric Sheep Magazine editor Virginie S�lavy about this year’s Sci-Fi Festival which was held over the May Bank Holiday in London. This year’s festival sees premieres of award-winning Argentinian film La Antena, Marc Caro’s directorial debut Dante 01 and a variety of other intriguing cult films. Broadcast at 5pm, 25/04/08 on Resonance 104.4 FM, as an episode of "I’m ready for my close-up" (more info at: www.electricsheepmagazine.com)

1.15 - 2008 Arthur C. Clarke awards

Posted by alex on Wed, 07/05/2008 - 13:00
In the first of our podcasts recorded at this year's Sci-Fi London Festival, guest presenter Graham Sleight talks to two nominees and the winner of this year's Arthur C. Clarke awards. In case you don't know who won, why not listen to the podcast and hear the opening of the envelope and the winner's reaction! Authors interviewed include Stephen Baxter, Ken MacLeod and Richard Morgan, with commentary by Paul Raven, Adam Roberts and Tom Hunter. Edited and recorded by Alex Fitch. (more info at: www.clarkeaward.com)

1.007+7 - Ian Fleming and James Bond

Posted by alex on Thu, 24/04/2008 - 13:00
Alex Fitch talks to James Taylor, head researcher at the Imperial War Museum about the museum's new exhibition For your eyes only: Ian Fleming and James Bond. The exhibition puts Fleming's writing into a historical and military perspective, from his days working for Naval Intelligence to his later life living the life of Bond in far flung locations from Las Vegas to Jamaica. Alex & James talk about Fleming's career and legacy plus the public's fascination with the glam and the gadgets of the Bond movies, some of which are represented in the exhibition in the form of Little Nellie and props from Thunderball. (more info at www.iwm.org.uk)

1.13 - Eastercon '08, part two

Posted by alex on Sun, 13/04/2008 - 13:00
The second of two shows looking at this year's Sci-Fi literary convention Orbital '08 which was held last month in Heathrow. Alex Fitch is talking to Graham Sleight about the BSFA, Jetse de Vries & Aliette de Bodard about Interzone, John Coxon about ZZ9 - the Douglas Adams appreciation society and author Neil Gaiman about why he loves conventions (with a brief cameo by Paul Cornell)... (more info at http://www.orbital2008.org)

1.12 - Eastercon '08, part one

Posted by alex on Tue, 08/04/2008 - 13:00
The first of two shows looking at this year's Sci-Fi literary convention Orbital '08 (which was on at Easter weekend in Heathrow) and features interviews with professional writers and fans. In this week's episode Alex Fitch is talking to Nickey Barnard, an SF fan who has moved from being a member of the audience at panels to one of the hosts, Christopher Teague, publisher of Pendragon Press which offers a place for first time genre writers to release their books, comic book creator Bryan Talbot (Alice in Sunderland), and science-fiction writer James Swallow (Star Trek: Voyager, Blake's 7 audio). (more info at http://www.orbital2008.org)

1.11 - Genre (crossing) directors

Posted by alex on Sat, 29/03/2008 - 12:00
Alex Fitch talks to the directors of two recent genre crossing movies - Garth Jennings and Park Chan-Wook - about their films Son of Rambow and I'm a Cyborg (but that's okay). Alex and Garth also talk about low-fi and hi-fi approaches to special effects making, plus hitting Mos Def with a plank of wood on the set of the Hitchhiker's Guide of the Galaxy while Alex also talks to Park (via translator Sinae Lew and actor Philip Hayden) about themes of pop culture in the latter's movies, such as Oldboy, and how the suppression of freedom in Korea influenced his subject matter. (more info at www.im-a-cyborg.co.uk and www.sonoframbow.com)

1.10 - The Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art

Posted by alex on Mon, 24/03/2008 - 12:00

What links Douglas Adams, "The Day the Earth Stood Still", Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst? To try and answer this question, Alex talks to Lydia Yee, one of the curators of "The Martian Museum of Terrestrial art". "The Martian Museum..." is an exhibtion of modern art which is currently on display at The Barbican in London and presents esoteric examples of fine art from the last 50 years in an anthropological style with a sci-fi twist.

(more info at http://www.barbican.org.uk)

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