The Fall (2008)

Released in 2008, Tarsem Singh's The Fall is a very loose remake of the 1981 Bulgarian film Yo Ho Ho. The film stars Lee Pace as Roy, a stunt man who’s had an accident that has left him paralyzed from the waist down. While at the hospital he befriends a little girl named Alexandria (Catinca Untaru). The film goes between the two of them at the hospital and a wild world of imagination crafted by the pair as a way to keep their minds off their boredom and pain.

Brian Hoyle (The Cinema of John Boorman (opens in a new tab)) and Maurice Bursztynski (opens in a new tab) join Mike to discuss the film. Production designer Ged Clarke (opens in a new tab) talks about the long journey of The Fall's creation.