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On this edition of Fresh Air, host Terry Gross speaks with screen writer and director Chris Nolan. Nolan's latest film is Memento, about a man set on avenging his wife's murder. Plus, reviews of a new CD set from Buffalo Springfield and of Woody Allen's latest.

Scottish actor Alan Cumming on this archive edition of Fresh Air.

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker on this edition of Fresh Air.

Journalist Eric Schlosser on this archive edition of Fresh Air.

Writers Manil Suri and Peter Hessler on this edition of Fresh Air. Manil Suri's just published his first novel The Death of Vishnu.

Novelist Mark Salzman and remembering jazz trombonist J.J. Johnson on this edition of Fresh Air. Mark Salzman is the author of the new novel, Lying Awake, about a cloistered nun who discovers that her spiritual visions may be induced by epilepsy.

Tom Kelley, general manager of IDEO, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Retired U.S. Navy flight surgeon and NASA astronaut Captain Jerry Linenger on this archive edition of Fresh Air. In his book, Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir, Linenger chronicles his five months on board the Russian space station "Mir," a ramshackle place he described as "six school buses all hooked together."

Jazz historian Will Freidwald and actor John Ritter on this edition of Fresh Air.

David Chase, creator and executive producer of the HBO hit series The Sopranos, on this archive edition of Fresh Air.

Singer and musician David Johansen and media anaylist Douglas Rushkoff on this edition of Fresh Air. David Johansen was the lead singer for the 70's pre-punk punk rock band New York Dolls.

Author Glyn Moody, animator Mike Judge, and critic Milo Miles on this edition of Fresh Air. Moody's new book is called Rebel Code.

Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett on this archival edition of Fresh Air.

Lennard Davis, author and head of the English department at University of Illinois at Chicago, on this archival edition of Fresh Air.

The Taliban, on this edition of Fresh Air. Last week, the Taliban, the Islamic militants ruling Afghanistan, issued a decree to demolish all pre-Islamic religious images.

Film director Rob Sitch on this edition of Fresh Air. Rob Sitch and his creative team at Working Dog, got their start in morning radio; then switched to TV.

Human Rights Lawyer Asma Jahangir. She's been at the forefront of the movements for women's rights, human rights and peace in Pakistan for twenty years.

Saxophonist/composer Joe Lovano and remembering the founder of the Mamas and the Papas, John Phillips, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Director Mike Nichols, on this edition of Fresh Air. Nichols directed the new HBO movie Wit based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning off-Broadway play about a college professor dying of ovarian cancer.

Hear interviews with three of the biggest names from this year's Academy Award ceremonies, winner for Best Director for Traffic , Steven Soderbergh, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon director Ang Lee and star Michelle Yeoh.