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Director Philip Kaufman Earns the First NC-17 Rating

Kaufman's new movie Henry and June, based on the diaries of Anais Nin, is the first to get the the new MPAA rating for its explicit sexual content. Kaufman's earlier movies include The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Right Stuff.

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Other segments from the episode on October 15, 1990

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, October 15, 1990: Interview with Phillip Kaufman; Interview with Lloyd Schwartz; Interview with Vikram Seth; Review of the television documentary "Nixon."
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Remembering Leonard Bernstein

The American conductor and composer died yesterday at the age of 72. Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz talks with Terry about Bernstein's life and legacy.

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Poet Vikram Seth on Reclaiming Rhyme

Seth was born in India and has lived in England, China and the U.S. He found success with his 1986 novel-in-verse called The Golden Gate. His recent collection of poetry is called All You Who Sleep Tonight.

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Public Television is on a Roll with "Nixon"

Television critic David Bianculli reviews the new three-hour profile of the rise and fall of Richard Nixon, presented on the American Experience show. The documentary comes on the heels of Ken Burns' Civil War series, and continues PBS' streak of excellent programming.

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"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" Loses its Balance on Film.

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," based on the 1984 novel by Czech writer Milan Kundera. The story is set in Prague in 1968 on the eve of the Russian invasion. The film stars British actor Daniel Day Lewis, who received critical acclaim for his roles in "My Beautiful Laundrette" and "Room With a View."

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Sound Designer Alan Splet

Film director David Lynch has collaborated with Alan Splet on all of his movies. Splet joins Fresh Air to discuss how he helped Lynch create an unsettling atmosphere in movies like Eraserhead and Blue Velvet.

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A Look Inside Hollywood's Ratings System

Filmmaker Kirby Dick's new documentary, This Film is Not Yet Rated, peers into the secretive world of the Motion Picture Association of America's film ratings system. MPAA board members are anonymous, deliberations are private, and standards are seemingly arbitrary.

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Daughter of Warhol star looks back on a bohemian childhood in the Chelsea Hotel

Alexandra Auder's mother, Viva, was one of Andy Warhol's muses. Growing up in Warhol's orbit meant Auder's childhood was an unusual one. For several years, Viva, Auder and Auder's younger half-sister, Gaby Hoffmann, lived in the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan. It was was famous for having been home to Leonard Cohen, Dylan Thomas, Virgil Thomson, and Bob Dylan, among others.

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This fake 'Jury Duty' really put James Marsden's improv chops on trial

In the series Jury Duty, a solar contractor named Ronald Gladden has agreed to participate in what he believes is a documentary about the experience of being a juror--but what Ronald doesn't know is that the whole thing is fake.

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