Oran na h-Eala: Steve Exeter and Shannon Davidson Talk about their New Film

You may know and love The Red Shoes, but how much do you know about Moira Shearer, who agreed to play Vickie Page only after a year of pursuit by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger? Dan talks to Steve Exeter, writer and director of Oran na h-Eala (2022), a film that dramatizes the struggles Shearer faced in leaving the ballet for a more flashy medium. Shannon Davidson, who plays Shearer, joins the conversation and talks about the temptations and refusal of fame. To what degree did the film do for Shearer what the red shoes did for Vickie? How do artists stay true to their visions when they are pressured to take a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?  Join us for a conversation about this new, terrific film that Dan calls "a movie for people who love movies" and one that explores the very issues that Powell and Pressburger do in theirs.   Please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and follow us on YouTube, Twitter and Letterboxd. Please rate and review the show on Apple podcasts and contact us at [email protected]. Incredible bumper music by John Deley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices