Maradona and the curse of genius

How can those with extraordinary talent survive fame's spotlight? We're struggling, so we went looking for answers in the films of Asif Kapadia, specifically: Senna, Amy and his new documentary, Diego Maradona. The doc tells the story of the Argentine footballer whose genius touch made him a demi-god to the denizens of his adopted home, Naples. In this episode, the last one of season two of The Bigger Picture, we talk about the personal strain of being a public figure, how talent is co-opted by capitalism and - lofty theory alert! - why talented celebrities are the gods we're allowed to hate. Diego Maradona is screening at BFI Southbank from Thursday 13th June, when we will host a post-screening Q&A with Asif Kapadia. It's on general release in the UK from Friday 14th June. The Bigger Picture, presented by the BFI, will return for series 3 in July and is ... BFI Southbank Programmer Anna Bogutskaya. BFI Digital editor Henry Barnes Producer Peter Sale Make it your goal-aaaaahhh! to check these out: • Watch the Maradona trailer: • The city where Diego Maradona rose from the dead (via The Observer): • Maradona and the Mercenaries (via The New Yorker): Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can listen to Maradona and the curse of genius online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Maradona and the curse of genius is an episode from British Film Institute by British Film Institute.

This episode is 29:16 long.

This episode was published on Jun 6, 2019.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from British Film Institute when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.