Fresh Air, David Duchovny, Ben Vaughn, And Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, August 10, 2007

Hear German writer and director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, film critic David Edelstein, actor David Duchovny, and musician Ben Vaughn on this edition of Fresh Air.

Von Donnersmarck's film The Lives of Others won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. It's coming out on DVD August 21, 2007. It's a spy film set in the former East Germany in 1984. It won seven Lola awards in Germany (the equivalent of the Academy Awards) and awards at the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. Donnersmarck writes that his film is "a human drama about the ability of human beings to do the right thing, no matter how far they have gone down the wrong path." (Original Airdate: 2/7/2007)

Then, David Edelstein's Stardust, the new film starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert DeNiro. It's a supernatural story based on the Neil Gaiman novel.

Also, David Duchovny, who stars in the new Showtime series Californication, which is basically about a lot of sex. Duchovny plays a novelist with a taste for lots of women. He is best known for his role as Agent Fox Mulder in the popular TV show The X-Files. Duchovny earned an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a graduate degree in English Lit at Yale University. (Original Airdate: 4/20/2005)

Finally, Ben Vaughn discusses singer and songwriter Lee Hazelwood, who died last Saturday at age 78. Hazelwood is best known for writing Nancy Sinatra's hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". Hazelwood also had a solo career of his own, and his songs were recorded by many pop stars, including Elvis Presley, Nick Cave, and Courtney Love. Ben Vaughn is a singer, songwriter, producer, and composer who has scored many network TV shows and films in addition to recording 12 albums of his own. His latest album is Designs in Music. [Broadcast Date: August 10, 2007]