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"Shy People Telling Small Stories, Quietly": Jeanie Finlay's Favourite Films
Adrian Lobb , April 24th, 2014 10:40

Jeanie Finlay, director of Sound It Out and The Great Hip Hop Hoax picks her favourite films, and talks about the final days of fundraising on her next documentary, Orion

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Whatever Happened To Baby Jane (1962, Robert Aldrich)
Another classic. I am very close to my sister and I just think sisters can be incredibly cruel to each other. And also, this is a film about faded fame and glamour, and who has and who needs the spotlight. There is absolute cruelty to it. And Bette Davis shows no vanity, I can imagine her saying "make me uglier". That would be my ultimate fancy dress costume – to go like that with my sister.