Wine country north of San Francisco under threat. Everyone evacuate the fires coming up and fear further south in santa clarita. 50,000 residents forced to evacuate. Two days now, two very long, sad, disappointing days. Theres nothing to burn in my area. It all burned out. Literally around 2am, 3am in the morning, it felt like it was a train ripping through my car. Even pets had to seek sanctuary. Theres been limited damage, no injuries reported and most fires are under control. But rising winds may stoke the flames. Were potentially going to see a historical wind event. And it has us highly concerned that the vulnerable areas of california could see some explosive fires. For now, then, firefighters must watch and wait. Angus crawford, bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with phil avery. At last, it looks as though things will dry at last, it looks as though things willdry up at last, it looks as though things will dry up across england and wales because that fund which has been around for a day or two will move away to the near continent, low pressure stays close by to the north of scotland, so plenty of shelter, some of them wintry, gusts of 50 mph, but further south, lighter winds and a touch of frost, a real contrast to last night. The night that wee bit longer too. Remember the clocks will go back one hour. Here we offer sunday. England and wales for the most part dry and fine and sunny. 0ne wales for the most part dry and fine and sunny. One or two showers on the northern shores of northern ireland, one or two coming up from the irish sea, plenty of showers across the north of scotland, a cooler pressure feel to proceedings despite the sunshine across the greater part of england and wales. 0n into next week, it stays for the most part much colder, drier with a wee bit more sun. Hello, this is bbc news. The Headlines Police charge Maurice Robinson with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead inside a lorry in essex. Hes also been charged with conspiracy to traffic people. England are into the final of the Rugby World Cup after a thrilling 19 7 victory over the defending champions, new zealand, in yokohama. And the dup leader, arlene foster, vows to keep opposing borisjohnsons brexit deal unless changes are made. Now on bbc news, talking movies is at the london Film Festival. Hello, and welcome to talking movies in london. Im tom brooke. In todays programme, well be bringing you highlights from the recently completed london Film Festival. Dev patel headlining the cast of the Opening Night film, a portrait of greed from Michael Winterbottom and steve coogan, memorable directorial debuts from first time film makers, plus a documentary on a London Community forever changed by gentrification, and Timothee Chalamet and Robert Pattinson star in the king. All that and more in this special london Film Festival edition of talking movies. The london Film Festival opened with an adaptation of what is believed to be Charles Dickens novel of his own writing, David Copperfield. Dev patel takes the title role in this production which has a glorious cast that includes Tilda Swinton and hugh laurie. Emma jones reports on the personal history of David Copperfield. This narrative is far more than mere fiction. Are you David Copperfield . Lam indeed. The costume drama is the most traditional item on british film wardrobe but this is as fluid, modern and multicultural as 21st ce ntu ry modern and multicultural as 21st century london likes to prevent itself. The opening carpet for the bfi london Film Festival teamed with familiarfaces bfi london Film Festival teamed with familiar faces and rising stars of british comedy. He found much to love and Charles Dickens ate the most autobiographical novel. You did not need to have heard of dickens or David Copperfield or any of them, i just wanted to captivated me about the book is it is such a vibrant, funny, loving book, it is about humanity and friendship and community, and the themes are so contemporary as well. It is set in 1840 but the people in the film that is the present day, so i asked eve ryo ne is the present day, so i asked everyone to behave as if they were in modern times, and they have an exciting future ahead of them. Like last years mary queen of scots, this film also chose colour inclusive casting, meaning death patel got to play the leading role. Dev patel. Patel got to play the leading role. Dev patel. The cast is incredible, and just to be able to step into the world of dickens in victorian england is a real honour. It isa victorian england is a real honour. It is a treat and i hope to open stores, and sends a message to the industry to cast more minority actors in roles like this. I did not know the story of David Copperfield, i thought he was the illusionist now with the casting, there will be kids where i came from in North West London or whatever that will find a place on that screen that will speak to them, thats really exciting. As well as the youthful comic field this version of David Copperfield aims to bridge the gap between dickens and now by suggesting that some of the social problems are exactly the same. It is a film very much about status, especially with social media coming into play now, it isa social media coming into play now, it is a film about community and mental health. These are things that have been before and are now. Its something that people can relate to iiow something that people can relate to now even though it is set in the time it is set. This is a donkey free zone this very british film should have more luck at its native ba ftas, should have more luck at its native baftas, not the oscars, but at a time of Political Uncertainty in the uk, the cast hope a dose of David Copperfield will be deeply comforting. What is your name . Copperfield. The london Film Festival is a huge enterprise, the biggest annualFilm Festival is a huge enterprise, the biggest annual film event in the uk. 0verseeing it all is the director of bfi festivals. This year 230 full length features were shown at the festival and 78 countries were represented. Give me some idea of the range of films you have on offer at the festival this year. From very small low budget local world premiers like real and the street which are from uk film makers to a Beautiful Day in the neighbourhood, ford versus ferrari, films which will compete for awards. How much do you want the festival to be a platform for british film, british cinema . We are very lucky. The uk cinema . We are very lucky. The uk cinema is in rude health from David Copperfield to very new and emerging film makers, claire 0akleys make up screening in ourfirst film makers, claire 0akleys make up screening in our first feature competition. It is important, particularly when we have such a strong industry as the uk has. What impact will brexit have on the future of the Film Industry in britain . I wish we had a crystal ball. I dont think anyone knows the a nswer to ball. I dont think anyone knows the answer to that question. But what becomes more important for us as a festival is to make sure that we are connecting uk audiences with Global Culture and also uk film makers with international counterparts. 4096 of all films at the festival this year have been directed by women. What is your long term goal, is that gender parity . When it comes to picking films for the festival, we think about who is telling the story and we think about, have we seen this before . We think about things like female splits, but there is no quota. We would be disappointed if we slipped below where we were last year, 38 , but there is no quota, we just pick the strongest works. Portrait of the super rich in britain can be found in director Michael Winterbottoms new film, greed, which starts steve coogan, a satire of the exploits of 1 . Steve coogan stars in greed, a fashion industry mogul who was known as the king of high street. He is hauled before the select committee, he might lose his knighthood, he throws a Massive Party to try and look like he is looking at the high street. Too few clothes. Coogans mccready isa too few clothes. Coogans mccready is a ruthless driven business any superficial bully. Due to his public indiscretions, celebrities refused to come to his big birthday bash. So he hires celebrity lookalikes to save face. Who is she . Kylie. Kylie minogue. At a push. Some of his qualities have helped him become an iconic figure in the fashion business, but his effect on the people around him is clearly negative. He definitely takes advantage of people. He is quite aggressive. He is not the nicest quy aggressive. He is not the nicest guy, but he is also trying to get something, he is working hard for it. It is not necessarily going about at the right way. Greed uses wiy about at the right way. Greed uses wry humour and witty one liners to drive home the point that the wealthy and avaricious leaves destruction in their path and their only concern is money. However, it has got mixed reviews, some critics see the satire is only scratching the surface of the subject matter that the film makers on the red carpet have a different take. |j think what makes it unique is that it is quite funny. We use comedy to sugar the pill of people thinking and talking about serious topics. Documentaries are important but unfortunately sometimes when you make documentaries you preach to the converted so having a film which entertains people are sometimes more effective because while they are laughing you might make them think. While mccready had some insults to the people closest to him in the film, winterbottom wants you to think about how your clothes are made and whether the convenience is worth the human cost of the garment. I thought it would be a way of looking at inequality, the grotesque gap between the people who make the clothes and those who own the ground. This could be seen as clumsy, but winterbottom directed a funny film with witty dialogue that did prompt me to question where i buy my clothes from and whether the sea mstresses buy my clothes from and whether the seamstresses who make the garments are treated and paid fairly. There is hope for you yet, kneel, this is positive reinforcement, this is me motivating you. The london Film Festival shows films which focus on the metropolis itself. One such endeavour is a documentary called the street which examines the impact of gentrification on one street in londons east end. It is a neighbourhood that has undergone profound change. This is paulas have which is an amazingly good proper cap where you can buy a very good copy for £1. This is the owner, actually. Said nelson spent three and a half years documenting halsted street in hackney. In his film we her here from long term residents to store by the changes brought about by gentrification. What made you particularly interested in the street in hoxton . All the areas around us, they started gentrifying 20 years ago, and for some reason hoxton street kind of got left behind, and hoxton street kind of got left behind, and i think it is partly because it is encircled by housing estates, and the Housing Stock is not as desirable to estate agents, so not as desirable to estate agents, so it is a community that survived, partly by being such a strong community, and mainly because of the geography of it, because of the social housing. It feels like youre being pushed out. You interview a range of people in your film, how did you decide who you talk to . |j ended up speaking to everyone and over the course of a long time, settled in with a few characters. The pie and mash up was an obvious one because it is so traditional, and a lot of the long term original residents naturally come here, so its kind of old school, in a way. I was trying to look at the anatomy of gentrification and what it means, how it happens, and who it affects. We dont want to move. I could have moved years ago. What are you hoping audiences will take away from the film . It is not a film that has experts telling you what to think. You kind of experience it and, at times, its confusing because, just when you feel like it is a film that is calling for the good old days to be brought back, it talks about the fa ct be brought back, it talks about the fact that in britain we actually had quite a lot of racism, and the economy was pretty substandard. Actually, a lot of the changes have been good, and the film also reflects that, there is a black church down the road, and they talk about when they came here, and they say, oh, its so nice now, we used to be firebombed when we moved in. So some of the changes have been brilliant. There are very big pressure question is coming for all of us about how we lead our lives and who we care about. Its a different world but then again its not my world, its your world. You are young. The london Film Festival is more than just glitzy premiere is held here in Leicester Square promoting well funded extravaganzas with big name stars. It also shines a light on much more modest endeavours, case in point the extremely low budget romantic drama reel extremely low budget romantic drama reel, shot injust extremely low budget romantic drama reel, shot in just three days. So, its my first day. Reel is a romantic drama, a slice of life, a simple story with complicated layers about people trying to navigate away into a relationship while struggling with the hardships that come with life. Im going to go. With the hardships that come with life. Im going to go. 0k. With the hardships that come with life. Im going to go. Ok. Im joking, i wasjustjoking. Life. Im going to go. Ok. Im joking, iwasjust joking. The life. Im going to go. Ok. Im joking, i wasjust joking. The scale of the drama is modest. A contrast to the more well funded romantic films with characters making grants cinematic gestures of love. 0ne might conclude this is due to the constrained budget of this film but the actor says he was inspired by the actor says he was inspired by the prospect of telling an unassuming compelling story. What inspired me to make this film was in british cinema in particular sometimes romantic comedies or dramas are normally from an upper class or middle class perspective, andl class or middle class perspective, and i wanted to show a working class perspective, howdy full in love when you are a single mum with a child, struggling to pay the rent, or a single guy who cant afford to take a lady out somewhere . And also in the british landscape. I dont think ive ever seen the british landscape. I dont think ive everseena the british landscape. I dont think ive ever seen a film with two leading protagonists that are that black, trying to fall in love, it has got nothing to do with race or violence or anything, they are just living their life. Finding fulfilling acting roles can be hard to do for black talent in the uk so ben was impressed that her co star and director was being proactive about his own career. Honestly, when aki sent me the script, ijust thought, this black guy is going to dictate how i would take this industry on, and how amazing. It is his first feature and it is like. You can do it, it can be done. That was the most exciting thing. Ill get this. Are you sure . Cheers. Hello . What the film lacks in spectacle it makes up for in layered characters that are probably more relatable to the average viewer than those in big budget film efforts. The final act of the movie may be rushed but was able to claim a slot in the london Film Festival as well as full for the directors ambition which he says is to continue to be creative and collaborate with his contemporaries. The london Film Festival was marked by some noteworthy directorial debuts, among them billie pipers first film. It is an unusual portrait of a fraught relationship and a fraught woman. It did not satisfy everyone. Pop singer turned acclaimed British Television and theatre actress billie piper was prompted to write in direct rare beasts as a result of her own observation as a woman. Beasts as a result of her own observation as a womanlj beasts as a result of her own observation as a woman. I love you. The reason i started writing this film is because i thought, in my early 30s, i felt like the wild was telling us as women we could have it all, and yet all i could see around me was female crisis, and i believed that was because it is not helpful message because having a low wall is impossible. Having it all. It was deeply stressful and i dont think eve ryo ne deeply stressful and i dont think everyone was honest about that, so there the issues i wanted to unearth. How long are you staying for . Indefinitely. Hesjoking. I have heard you describe it as an unhinged romantic comedy. You think people have grown tired of conventional romantic comedies . When you see four weddings and a funeral on the tv, you will always make time for it. It will always, funny, if at the same emotions when i first saw it, but i think there is a greater cynicism now. I dont know where it sits today, classic romantic comedy. I think people want to talk more honestly about men and women and romance. Billie pipers directorial debut was notjudged a roaring success. Some critics and audiences found it strange, it was felt it was too chaotic and confusing at times, but piper has to be commended for trying to provide an alternative to the traditional romantic comedy. Talented that she is, the story she has fashioned does not seem credible and it is not entirely clear what she is trying to say. No kicking chickens. Small breakthroughs. She is trying to say. No kicking chickens. Small breakthroughslj she is trying to say. No kicking chickens. Small breakthroughs. I got chips and curry sauce one of the most starry films shown at the london Film Festival was the king, based on a group of shakespeare has theresa. 0nce based on a group of shakespeare has theresa. Once more unto the breach, come shakespearean military hero henry v played by the 21st century poster by Timothee Chalamet. The king follows the narrative with prince hal, rural rebel who up and given the english crown, but it is stripped of shakespearean language bites writers. Where is the for some old warrior,. . The script is not modern but not does it belong to the party. We wanted to look at the essence of that story of a young man who has a real problem with the way his father is running the family business, does not want to be a part of it, but his eagerfor business, does not want to be a part of it, but his eager for whatever reason he assumes that role with the intention of laying a Better Foundation for the future, and he sta rts foundation for the future, and he starts to do a good job, and then you realise that the realities of handling power with a look forward is not the easy road. Though the film was first developed seven years ago, like many hollywoods big releases this autumn, the king examines the vulnerability of the male psyche. How do you define me. I am the king. What the Film Industry has focused on the words of Strong Female character, male fertility is a topic seeping out into cinemas, and Timothee Chalamet sunday in the spotlight but because of his talent and good looks can relate. Spotlight but because of his talent and good looks can relatem spotlight but because of his talent and good looks can relate. It all felt, regardless of the royal allegory, something people can relate to universally which is the circumstance you found yourself when you are in, overwhelming, and you dont have the personality skill set or expense to tackle it yet. This is the second time in a couple of years that netflix has funded a lavish historical movie. It also made out looking. Both these movies go against the grain of the industry. By against the grain of the industry. By featuring almost exclusively all male casts, but the king is releva nt all male casts, but the king is relevant in that it focuses on all male authority structures and their potential toxicity. All male authority structures and their potential toxicitylj all male authority structures and their potential toxicity. I need all male authority structures and their potentialtoxicity. I need men around me their potentialtoxicity. I need men around me i can trust. And how . You have got a young man who wants to be good. But he is surrounded by a toxic soup of men who are threatening to turn him into one of them. Ina threatening to turn him into one of them. In a way, the movie on a certain level is about the making of a tyrant. Earlier this year, the favourite was a Historical Perspective with a modern theme to female power, and their king might do the same for men. Do you feel any sense of achievement. The king. That brings this london Film Festival edition of talking movies toa festival edition of talking movies to a close. We do hope you enjoyed the show. Please remember you can a lwa ys the show. Please remember you can always us online. And you can find us on facebook. So for me tom brooke and the rest of the talking movies production crew here in london, its goodbye. Bagpipes play. To say there was a real mixture of rennet that are on offer would be something of an understatement. Many parts of the midlands, Eastern England and some of the southern counties, it really did look as grim as that, further west, sunshine to finish of the afternoon across parts of wales in south western england and northern england. Further north, into the northern half of scotland, they have been showers aplenty throughout the day and that is because we are that much closer to the low pressure so the atmosphere and stable, we will keep the prospect of the show was going, a lot of isobars there as well, so windy as well. Eventually, that frontal system would work its way towards the south and east. What is left behind some pretty gusty conditions so do watch out if you are moving later on tonight or into the first part of sunday, the wind really noticeable, particularly across the northern parts of scotla nd across the northern parts of scotland where we will keep the showers going. Eventually, that frontal system will pull away to the near continent, so it takes the rain away but it will also take away the last of them are there, one or two spots on saturday, in kent in excess of 18 degrees, but we will not see that for a good few days to come. 0n the night as chilly as well, starting with tonight. 2 4d in the sample, a shock with a touch of frost when the windfalls light. The nightjust that frost when the windfalls light. The night just that bit longer to frost when the windfalls light. The nightjust that bit longer to cool things off as well because remember the clocks going back one hour. We start the new day on sunday. England, wales, northern ireland, the southern portions of scotland are dry, fine, sunny and crisp, it is the other face of autumn. What is also noticeable is that it stays windy and showery across northern and North Eastern parts of scotland, one or two showers into the northern coasts but much cooler. Forget about 18, it is hollow 12 or 13 at the very best. And thats the way we proceed into the first half of the forthcoming week, drier, for the most pa rt forthcoming week, drier, for the most part sunnier, but it will also be noticeably colder. From the middle part of the week, we will see some cloud and rain getting into the far south west and in the second half of the week it turns milder but wetter as well and much windier. This is bbc world news today. Our top stories. Another huge protest in barcelona as the backlash over spains jailing of separatist catalonian leaders. A man has been charged with 39 counts manslaughter over the deaths of migrants found in a lorry in england. Millions of californians face having their power cut as the state battles a surge in wildfires. They took the lead after two inutes and never lost it england reach the final of the Rugby World Cup after beating new zealand19 7
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