Julie Taymor

By Liane Hansen

Published November 2, 2002 at 11:00 PM CST

The life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is as colorful and heart-wrenching as her paintings. A movie about her, Frida, opens nationwide this week. Host Liane Hansen talks to director Julie Taymor, known for directing the film Titus and the Tony-winning musical The Lion King. An artist herself, Taymor says making Kahlo's paintings come to life became a challenge.

Liane Hansen

Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking news stories as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the deaths of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Columbia shuttle tragedy. In 2004, Liane was granted an exclusive interview with former weapons inspector David Kay prior to his report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The show also won the James Beard award for best radio program on food for a report on SPAM.