CCI Live Interviews
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An ongoing series of interviews with leading figures in the cultural and creative industries. Further events in the series are planned for 2009, and will be announced here.
Geoff Travis, Rough Trade Records
The interview took place on Monday 5 November 2007, 18.30-20.30, in the Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, King’s College London
Over the last three decades Rough Trade Records has earned a reputation as one of the premier independent record labels in the UK, an artist-friendly company known for signing trailblazing acts such as Arcade Fire, Cornershop, the Fall, Kleenex/LiLiPUT, the Smiths, and Lucinda Williams. Summer 2007 saw the launch of a new Rough Trade Shop in London’s East End, thirty-one years after the opening of the first shop in Notting Hill. In this public event at King’s College London, Rough Trade’s founder Geoff Travis discussed the current state of the music business from an artistic as well as a business perspective, and explained why he decided to expand his company’s retail presence at a time when dozens of record stores across the country have been forced to close. This event was an exclusive conversation with one of the pioneers of the independent music industry.
The interview with Geoff Travis was conducted by Dr Harvey G Cohen, Lecturer in Cultural & Creative Industries.
Over the last three decades Rough Trade Records has earned a reputation as one of the premier independent record labels in the UK, an artist-friendly company known for signing trailblazing acts such as Arcade Fire, Cornershop, the Fall, Kleenex/LiLiPUT, the Smiths, and Lucinda Williams. Summer 2007 saw the launch of a new Rough Trade Shop in London’s East End, thirty-one years after the opening of the first shop in Notting Hill. In this public event at King’s College London, Rough Trade’s founder Geoff Travis discussed the current state of the music business from an artistic as well as a business perspective, and explained why he decided to expand his company’s retail presence at a time when dozens of record stores across the country have been forced to close. This event was an exclusive conversation with one of the pioneers of the independent music industry.
The interview with Geoff Travis was conducted by Dr Harvey G Cohen, Lecturer in Cultural & Creative Industries.
Independent Filmmaking in Britain: A Conversation With Terence Davies
The interview took place on 1 March 2007, 18.30-20.30, in the Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, King’s College London
Davies discussed his successes and struggles over the years in producing, directing and writing independent films in Britain, and how the process has changed since he started in the business over three decades ago. Scenes from his films were screened, accompanied by Davies' behind-the-scenes production stories.
Over three decades, Terence Davies has established himself as one of the premier independent film makers in the UK, winning numerous awards at international festivals. In "Distant Voices, Still Lives" (1988), he movingly explored issues of family, memory, and the emotional power of popular song in 1950s working class Liverpool. With "The House of Mirth" (2000), his biggest box office success, Davies adapted Edith Wharton's first novel, recreating the vain and money-obsessed world of turn-of-the-century New York City high society.
Terence Davies' "Distant Voices, Still Lives" (1988) was re-released nationally in a refurbished print on 20 April 2007, and as part of a 2-week festival at the National Film Theatre that screened all of Terence Davies' films. A book by Paul Farley describing the artistic and historic significance of "Distant Voices, Still Lives" was published late in 2006 as part of the BFI Modern Classics series.
The event was moderated by Dr. Harvey G. Cohen, Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries.
Davies discussed his successes and struggles over the years in producing, directing and writing independent films in Britain, and how the process has changed since he started in the business over three decades ago. Scenes from his films were screened, accompanied by Davies' behind-the-scenes production stories.
Over three decades, Terence Davies has established himself as one of the premier independent film makers in the UK, winning numerous awards at international festivals. In "Distant Voices, Still Lives" (1988), he movingly explored issues of family, memory, and the emotional power of popular song in 1950s working class Liverpool. With "The House of Mirth" (2000), his biggest box office success, Davies adapted Edith Wharton's first novel, recreating the vain and money-obsessed world of turn-of-the-century New York City high society.
Terence Davies' "Distant Voices, Still Lives" (1988) was re-released nationally in a refurbished print on 20 April 2007, and as part of a 2-week festival at the National Film Theatre that screened all of Terence Davies' films. A book by Paul Farley describing the artistic and historic significance of "Distant Voices, Still Lives" was published late in 2006 as part of the BFI Modern Classics series.
The event was moderated by Dr. Harvey G. Cohen, Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries.