korda, was born with and which he changed when he moved to biewd past as a university student because it sounded deeply jewish. at first he spelled it corda, then he changed it to korda because it looks hungarian that way. host: what did he do? guest: he was, perhaps, the prototypical film producer, film czar, also film director. he directed his first film at a teenage age in 1914 and directed at least a hundred and perhaps twice that many movies during the course of his life and produced i don t know how many. many, many, many. europe, united kingdom where he eventually settled and, of course, in hollywood in periods when he was there. he was an affable genius, and being his nephew was a full-time excitement. host: what was his influence on you? he, your father and your other uncle? guest: well, you know, first of all, an enormous respect for talent of any kind. by definition, people who were good at making films are good at recognizing all sorts of talent even if th
guest: alex kellner was the name that my uncle, alexander korda, was born with and which he changed when he moved to biewd past as a university student because it sounded deeply jewish. at first he spelled it corda, then he changed it toor host: who was sir alex korda? guest: he was perhaps at the prototypical film producer also film director. directed hit first film at a teenage age in 1914, and directed at least 100 and perhaps twice as many movies during the course of his life and produced i don t know how many, many, many, many. europe, united kingdom, and of course in hollywood, when he was there. he was an affable genius, and being his nephew was a full-time excitement. host: what was his influence on you? guest: he, your father, and your other uncle? guest: well, you know, first of all, an enormous respect for talent of any kind. by definition. people were good at making films, got at recognizing talent, even though they don t share it themselves. and sec
government may be announced today. welcome to countdown. i am mark barton. edwards.nna we are standing by ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. caroline hyde has the latest on samsung s newest products. whatsapps facebook and , another tech deal brewing in japan. back in the studio, ryan chilcote is looking ahead to a key vote in ukraine. hans nichols will break down the proposed deal from berlin. we are getting earnings from the world s largest chemical maker, the aff. baff. it looks like fourth-quarter earnings have beaten estimates. let s start with matt kemp net income. 4.4 billion euros. that is ahead of estimates. the core metric, earnings before interest and taxes, including items, 1.45 is up from 1.23 and ahead of the estimate of 1.34. the company expects sales in 2014 to decline slightly. noason as of yet reason as of yet, but the company says that sales will fall this year. this is a company that is working towards a revenue target of 110
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