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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024-05-10 Documentary 2hr 13m

Martin Scorsese presents this very personal and insightful new feature-length documentary about British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

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Martin Scorsese presents this very personal and insightful new feature-length documentary about British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

  • Released
    2024-05-10
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    2hr 13m
  • Genre
    Documentary
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    8
  • Production
    BBC Film, Ten Thousand 86, Ice Cream Films, Screen Scotland, Sikelia Productions, Altitude Film Entertainment

Crew

David Hinton
Director
Nicky Varley
Producer
Keywords:
powell and pressburger

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Cast

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese
Self
Michael Powell

Michael Powell
Self (archive footage)
Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger
Self (archive footage)
Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr
(archive footage)
Roger Livesey

Roger Livesey
(archive footage)
David Niven

David Niven
(archive footage)
Kim Hunter

Kim Hunter
(archive footage)

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-05-15

Using some rarely seen interview footage of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and very, very, few industry talking heads, this is a fitt... read more

Using some rarely seen interview footage of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and very, very, few industry talking heads, this is a fitting tribute to two men who trail-blazed British cinema in the 1940s and truly inspired the presenter - Martin Scorsese. His pieces to camera are sparingly interspersed into his narration of the astonishingly bold and creative aspiration of these film-makers who made a range of films ranging from lightly comedic romances through the dark times of WWII and their more propagandist elements, to full blown theatrical adaptations using great artistes like Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Robert Sounseville, Ludmilla Tcherina and the usually present Anton Walbrook. In partnership with the additional, often inspired, vision of regular cinematographers like Jack Cardiff and Christopher Challis they used colour, shade, light and most importantly (I think) music to augment some stirring characterisations and potent stories that tackled a plethora of topics that resonated strongly with audiences hitherto unexposed to the sheer grandeur of the experience on the screen before them. The documentary is composed so as to leave virtually all of the heavy lifting to the pair themselves. Scorsese gently, but enthusiastically and insightfully, guides us through their careers without spending much time on their personal lives or other distractions, and that allows us to savour the variety of the Archer's productions, the delicacy of their writing - especially from David Niven, Roger Livesey and Kim Hunter in "A Matter of Life and Death" (1946), and leaves us with a sympathetically and critically crafted appraisal of two cinema geniuses. It's a chronology of sorts, but not just of film making - it tells us a little about the evolving attitudes and tastes of the audiences too.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

Using some rarely seen interview footage of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and very, very, few industry talking heads, this is a fitting tribute to two men who trail-blazed British cinema in the 1940s and truly inspired the presenter...

reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-05-15

Using some rarely seen interview footage of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and very, very, few industry talking heads, this is a fitting tribute to two men who trail-blazed British cinema in th...

read more