FRONT ROW: MARK LAWSON

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Mark Lawson talks to Michael Caine 
Last broadcast on Tue, 27 Oct 2009

Today we hear Michael Caine describing his early work in cinema, including his initial success in the States, where his accent and class didn't count against him.

We discuss the development of British cinema and television, and the films of the 1960s and 1970s, and discuss film in relation to social class and regionality.

We watch extracts from Educating Rita and analyse how the opening sequence establishes class through sound codes, mise-en-scene, accent and camera angles.

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