Blondes - Anita Ekberg

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27th December 1999 Season 1 Episode 527

Perhaps best remembered as the shapely blonde who waded into the Trevi Fountain in La Dolce Vita, fifties sex symbol Anita Ekberg became a Hollywood icon and a cult figure in European cinema. This portrait, which concludes the documentary trilogy about screen sirens, tracks down the reclusive Swede in Italy and traces the path of a career that began to take off when she won a Miss Sweden beauty contest. Ekberg talks candidly about growing old, surviving personal disappointment, and the pressure that comes with being recognised as one of the world's most beautiful women.

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Season 1 · Episode 528

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Actor Dennis Hopper plays the eccentric host to this guide to the world of commercial creativity. The programme analyses advertising's true place in modern-day, media-obsessed popular culture, highlighted by clips from some extreme and powerful examples of the genre featuring such talents as Leslie Nielsen , Dudley Moore and John Cleese. Offbeat contributions come from film directors Tony Scott, Spike Lee and Alan Parker, actor Anthony Quinn, musicians Dave Stewart and David Bowie, and top advertising executives, who discuss the rise of commercials as an art form and their considerable influence on feature films.

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