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posted on 2023-06-07, 21:00 authored by Nannette AldredThe films of Michael Powell (1905-90) and Emeric Pressburger (1902-88), among them I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), A Matter of Life and Death (1947) and The Red Shoes (1948), are landmarks in British cinema, standing apart from the realist and comic mainstream with their highly stylised aesthetic and their themes of romantic longing and spiritual crisis. Powell and Pressburger are revered by film lovers and film-makers (Martin Scorsese has called them 'the most successful experimental film-makers in the world'). In this first-ever collection of essays on Powell, an international group of critics and scholars map out his film-making skills, providing new readings of individual films, analysing recurrent techniques and themes, and relating them to contemporary debates about gender, sexuality, nationality and cinematic spectacle. Powell, with and without Pressburger, emerges as a film-maker of lasting originality and significance.
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Publication status
- Published
Publisher
BFI PublishingPublisher URL
Page range
187-209Pages
295.0Book title
The Cinema of Michael PowellPlace of publication
LondonISBN
9781844570942Department affiliated with
- Centre for Community Engagement Publications
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- Yes