Meridian - The American century: Art and culture 1950-2000

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The American century: Art and culture 1950-2000The American century: Art and culture 1950-2000

Released On: 28 Sep 1999

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The Royal Opera House opens after renovations; Nick Hughes' Rwanda set film '100 Days'; 'Sensation' exhibition of British art in New York; Tim Winton's Australian play, based on the novel 'Cloudstreet'.

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The American century: Art and culture 1950-2000
The Royal Opera House opens after renovations; Nick Hughes' Rwanda set film '100 Days'; 'Sensation' exhibition of British art in New York; Tim Winton's Australian play, based on the novel 'Cloudstreet'.
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Harold Evans on The American Century
The English publisher and journalist talks about his history of 20th-century America
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Edgar Allen Poe
The short and strange life of the American author and creator of the detective story
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French play The Man Who Said Non
A review of the play about Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill from 1940 to 1945
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Ben Elton interview
The writer and comedian talks about his novel Inconceivable
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China's avant garde art
Exploring the exciting counter culture of China's contemporary art scene
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The Japanese movie Cursed: The Financially Corrupt Islands
How a film about a banking panic proved a big hit in Japan
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American writer Dava Sobel
The author of Longitude on her book, Gallileo's Daughter about the Italian astonomer
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Edward Said interview
The literary theorist and Palestinian activist talks about his memoirs Out of Place
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Francis Wheen on Karl Marx
The British journalist talks about his book about the founder of international communism
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The Elgin Marbles
Whether the Greek sculptures should be returned to Greece.
27 mins
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Frank McCourt interview
The Irish-American author of Angela's Ashes talks about its sequel 'Tis
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Simon Schama on Rembrandt
The historian Simon Schama talks about why Rembrandt continues to exert such a hold on us
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Jay Griffiths on her essays about time
The British journalist Jay Griffiths talks about her book Pip Pip: A Sideways Look at Time
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Annie Leibovitz's Women
The American photographer's collection of female subjects reviewed
28 mins
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Tracey Emin's My Bed
The art critic Adrian Searle talks about the vandalisation of the British artist's work
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PD James interview
The British author talks about why she writes detective fiction
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Noel Coward profile
The life of the English actor, playwright and composer
28 mins
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Frederick Forsyth interview
The political thriller writer talks about his book, The Phantom of Manhattan
28 mins
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Joan of Arc
Why the French figure has inspired more than 50 films and over 1000 books
28 mins
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Mumbai Film Festival
How the Indian city's uniquely privately-financed festival was founded
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The Turner Prize
The winner of the prize is announced: Steve McQueen
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Waiting for Love in Commmunist China
Prize-winning novelist Ha Jin talks about writing in English about love and life in China
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Utopias in literature
Professor John Carey and AC Grayling discuss the Faber Book of Utopias
28 mins
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The Art Of Fireworks
How fireworks have influenced art and literature
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Disney's Fantasia
Critics and fans talk about the movie which has divided audiences since its release
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Meridian's highlights of 1999
The year's high points in film, music, dance, literature and architecture
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Sam Mendes interview
The director of American Beauty discusses his successful transition from stage to screen
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AOL buys Time Warner
How the internet provider's purchase of the entertainment company will change the industry
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1900: Art at the Crossroads
An exhibition in London which looks back at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris
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Sundance film festival
The critic Kenneth Turan talks about the festival's highlights including Girlfight
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