2024-10-21
45 分钟Dominic and Justin Hardy were young boys when their father, the director Robin Hardy, began a gruelling and obsessive quest to make The Wicker Man. Now the film is regarded as a masterpiece and beloved by fans across the world, but when it was first released in 1973, it was a major flop. The fallout for the Hardy family was painful, tearing them apart. It would take many decades, a bundle of lost letters and another burning effigy for Dominic and Justin to finally come to terms with the past – and this iconic movie. Presenter: Asya Fouks Producer: Maryam Maruf Get in touch: liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784
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Well, I'm Dominic Hardy.
I'm a professor of art history in Montreal, Quebec, in Canada.
I'm Justin Hardy.
I am an academic and a filmmaker and we are half brothers.
Our father had many children.
Wherever he laid his hat, I'm number five.
Justin is numbered.
I'm number six.
Justin and Dominic's father is Robin Hardy, the director of one of the most celebrated horror movies of all time, the Wicker Man.
The film is a cult classic.
It's freaky and weird and very, very watchable.
Something about it gets under your skin and it's beloved around the world.
But the two brothers relationship to their father's film is a lot more complicated.