Ben Wheatley: The acclaimed British film director of High Rise

For our inaugural episode, Edith chats to British film director Ben Wheatley about the way he uses music in his movies. Ben made his name co-writing and directing the indie horror Kill List, before cementing his reputation with Sightseers and A Field In England. He has now taken on the considerable challenge of realising the dystopian visions of novelist JG Ballard in High Rise …

Edith finds out about Ben's broad music tastes, which are reflected in his work – from his love of German experimentalists to the more pop-driven sounds Soft Cell and Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

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Next week: David Ayer, the man behind Training Day and Fury, whose latest project is a big-budget adaptation of the cult comic Suicide Squad.