Merchant Ivory may sound utterly respectable, but it was a prime exponent of the chancers’ art of conjuring a film from pretty creaky budgets. They just about define the classical art of low budget – finagling, but only in the service of art. Mark Poole marvels at the journey..
This session saw producer Rosemary Blight talking to Paul Bradley, Executive Producer of Merchant Ivory Productions, the makers of A Room With a View (1986), Howard’s End (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993) and countless other period films.
