Presenter
Dr. Jivago é uma das histórias de amor mais conhecidas do século 20, mas o cenário do livro também o tornou famoso. É um conto de paixão e medo, ambientado em um cenário de revolução e violência. O filme é o que a maioria das pessoas se lembra, mas a história da escrita do livro tem mais reviravoltas, intriga e bravura do que muitos blockbuster de Hollywood. Neste documentário, Stephen Smith traça o início revolucionário deste best-seller, até que ele se tornou um peão da CIA no auge da Guerra Fria.
Self - Presenter
Stephen Smith sets out to discover the real Andy Warhol - in the hour-by-hour detail of his daily life.
Writer
Stephen Smith uncovers the secret history of the humble fig leaf, opening a window onto 2,000 years of Western art and ethics. He tells how the work of Michelangelo, known to his contemporaries as 'the maker of pork things', fuelled the infamous 'fig leaf campaign', the greatest cover-up in art history; how Bernini turned censorship into a new form of erotica by replacing the fig leaf with the slipping gauze; and how the ingenious machinations of Rodin brought nudity back to the public eye. In telling this story, Smith turns many of our deepest prejudices upside down, showing how the Victorians had a far more sophisticated and mature attitude to sexuality than we do today. He ends with an impassioned plea for the widespread return of the fig leaf to redeem modern art from cheap sensation and innuendo.
Presenter
Stephen Smith uncovers the secret history of the humble fig leaf, opening a window onto 2,000 years of Western art and ethics. He tells how the work of Michelangelo, known to his contemporaries as 'the maker of pork things', fuelled the infamous 'fig leaf campaign', the greatest cover-up in art history; how Bernini turned censorship into a new form of erotica by replacing the fig leaf with the slipping gauze; and how the ingenious machinations of Rodin brought nudity back to the public eye. In telling this story, Smith turns many of our deepest prejudices upside down, showing how the Victorians had a far more sophisticated and mature attitude to sexuality than we do today. He ends with an impassioned plea for the widespread return of the fig leaf to redeem modern art from cheap sensation and innuendo.
Himself
Writer Broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahead at the court of Richard II.
