Matteo Sedazzari

Sunday, 15 January 2012 15:03

Goodbye Gemini – The Death Of Hippy

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In the mid sixties, the world saw the birth of hippies. A counter culture, which questioned so much about society, and was not afraid to suggest an alternative lifestyle to the norm. A spectacular movement, with colourful clothes, magnificent music in the guise of The Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix and many more, with mind-bending drugs and free love. An ethos that went way beyond being a bored teenager, and got the whole world thinking.

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Sunday, 15 January 2012 11:56

Chris Wade - On His Malcolm McDowell Book

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ZANI - How did you first discover Malcolm and what qualities does he have that makes him appeal to you?

Chris Wade - Well the first film I saw Malcolm in was Royal Flash because funnily enough I used to collect Bob Hoskins films. Actually Hoskins is a great actor, but that’s beside the point now. Hoskins had a small part in it. But when I saw Malcolm as Flashman, I just thought now there’s an actor I knew he was in Clockwork Orange but all the images of that film, the eyelash, the rape and all that, use to scare me when I was a kid. Besides it was still banned in the UK then.

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Sunday, 15 January 2012 11:52

Jonathan Owen – Dixie from Svengali

We are living in a day and age, where success is achieved by a five-year business plan-well that is what corporate culture would like us to believe. A belief system has been emphasised that if you follow a certain set of guidelines then you will be a success and an upholding member of society. However if you fail to follow this procedure then you will be an outcast, therefore deemed a failure.

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Sunday, 15 January 2012 11:42

Ricci Harnett -Chats To A Unique Actor

"The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence." -Thomas Wolfe, God's Lonely Man.

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Thursday, 29 December 2011 11:22

Good Arrows Irvine Welsh's TV Directorial Debut

Good friends of ZANI, Irvine Welsh & Dean Cavanagh are about to start filming Good Arrows, the first film from their production company Jawbone. Irvine Welsh has been a busy lad lately: his new novel Crime has hit the shelves running and he's about to start work on a prequel to Trainspotting set in the early 1980's. Good Arrows sees Cavanagh and Welsh collaborating again after having made the BAFTA nominated Dose for BBC3 and the critically acclaimed Wedding Belles for CHANNEL 4. Wedding Belles caused quite a stir after the News Of The World called for it to be banned. ZANI want to know if we can expect any controversy from Good Arrows?

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Thursday, 22 December 2011 12:28

Meet Monica Velour - A Love Story?

Tobe (Dustin Ingram) is a lonely teenager with a heart. Due to his build, short-sightedness, anxiety, he falls into what the Americans call a geek and the subject for bullying. Unable to find affection and love from girls his own age, he takes to watching porn from the early eighties to find solace and relief for his sexual tension.

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Sunday, 18 December 2011 13:17

Caroline Munro The Fantasy Icon

“Being in the right place, at the right time,” is how Brian Jones, then of The Rolling Stones, described the discovery of the band. Certainly there is more depth to Brian Jones’s statement. Nevertheless what is true with his train of thought is the essence and spirit of the 60’s. An era where new ideas and new acts, seemed to be an everyday occurrence.

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Sunday, 18 December 2011 12:18

Tamer Hassan He's No Mug

For someone who never had the intention of ever being an actor, Tamer Hassan has certainly achieved a great deal of success. He has worked with the likes of Christian Bale, Bob Hoskins, Orlando Bloom, and Morgan Freeman. His career path all started from a small part in Eastenders in 2001. Tamer was fortunate enough to pass by the failed auditions, and wondering where his next meal was coming from.

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Saturday, 03 December 2011 13:37

The Panic in Needle Park

Before Al Pacino gained world wide recognition as a talented actor and achieved global fame from his spellbinding appearance as Michael Corleone in The Godfather, he had been a fringe actor. Only appearing in three feature films, and just one of those as a lead, The Panic in Needle Park, it was from this appearance that Francis Ford Coppola knew Al Pacino was perfect for The Godfather.

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Monday, 14 November 2011 09:59

Nelson The Fox

I enter into a hotel lobby to meet the star of the BBC 3 hit comedy series, Mongrels, Nelson the Fox. He has requested that I don’t reveal the name or location of the hotel, as it is place that he likes to frequent on his own or with friends, to unwind and enjoy a selection of cakes and tea. All I can reveal is that it is a five star hotel in the heart of central London, renowned for their afternoon beverages.

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