Akira Kurosawa describes being shown the aftermath of the Kantō earthquake by his brother Heigo Kurosawa.

Interview with Sergei Parajanov here he discusses how making Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965) led to his imprisonment

Titanic survivor Frank Prentice worked in the pursers office on the Titanic, he was 18.

While recovering from drugs administered due to an impacted wisdom tooth, Philip K Dick began to have bizarre delusions.

Philip K. Dick interview (1977). Here he discusses how science fiction is viewed on a bottom rung of genres.

In 1991 JG Ballard returned to Shanghai to his childhood home and to Lunghua Interment camp.

Interview with JG Ballard Discussing English Society In The 1950's

Wonderful interview with Quentin Crisp from World in Action (1970). Here he discusses being beaten up because of his appearance.

An interview with Jean Renoir (1894 - 1979), conducted by Jacques Rivette in 1967.

Luis Buñuel interview where he describes the first film he ever saw.