Learning Italian at the Movies

Part 1 of Terry Gross's interview. Schrader's newest movie is Patty Hearst, about the magazine heiress's kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army. He recently collaborated with Martin Scorsese on the film The Last Temptation of Christ.

As a child, classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz was delighted by the live broadcast of the Ford 50th Anniversary Show, which featured a lively--and unprecedented--duet between Mary Martin and Ethel Merman. The program has recently been released on video.

Clarence Major is an experimental, African American writer. His latest novel, Painted Turtle: Women with Guitar -- along with his last book, Such Was the Season -- uses more conventional narrative techniques. He joins Fresh Air to discuss language and storytelling in the black community.