Tim Marlow

Hello everybody, here's information on the new position of our friend and colleague (and presenter of over 100 films) Tim Marlow, along with an interview with the man himself.

Follow the link the this Guardian article here

12th May 2014

One of those days that seems a long way in the future – and then it arrives…   

Today I had the pleasure of hearing the letters of Matisse read by one of the acting world’s greats, Simon Russell Beale.  What a honour to meet him and hear him bring the words of Henri to life.  Simon even had a Matisse-style beard – obviously he had fully immersed himself into today’s role….  (Or was it for the King Lear that he’s filling in his spare time with??).   We had a good ol’ chat about classical music too. Hopefully all you folks saw his Sacred Music series about 5 or 6 years ago.  I’ll need to cook something up for Simon and I to do in the future…  After Simon had finished, I moved on to the narrative of the Matisse film. For this important role, we’d chosen Rupert Young.  My younger viewers will know him from Merlin. He is, as my daughter explains, the knight that never dies.  Very nice guy and I liked his approach to the reading – nothing pompopus or arty – just good strong storytelling. That’s exactly what we’re trying to do….  I love the so-called business-end of production – it feels like every decision is a creative one.   All a bit scary now…only 3 weeks till air-date.   At least tickets are selling well. Click here to find a screening near you.

5th May 2014

A blog of numbers…

Just flying over Singapore, 34000 feet up. 

Half way through an 11,500 mile trip from New Zealand to UK.

I’ve just done 7 screenings in 3 days of the all-new IN SEARCH OF CHOPIN.

Good audiences but total folk in the 100s – smaller screens in NZ.

I did seven intros and seven Q and As. Total time talking: 7 hours.

Press: 3 hours.

Hours worked per day – 20.  Length of trip 6 days.  120 hours worked.  And I’m not joking.

At airport, had some time to tidy up emails. Deleted my Sent box from last two years….20,000 of them – thus 10,000 a year, hence average of 30 a day…

Ran 9km along Auckland waterfront.  Perk of the job. Over the last year, I have run in hills of Santa Fe, the waterfront of Chicago, Stanley Park in Vancouver and Central Park in NY. Total KM run…er, lots.

Films completed last year – 4: Manet, Vermeer, Munch and Chopin.

Films on the way…7

Concerts filmed for IN SEARCH OF BACH… 2.  Years to completion….er….5? 10?

Current job satisfaction on a scale of one to ten:  9.  

4320 miles flown from Auckland, 7180 to go to London…