Black Narcissus1947
Both on Ari Aster’s Top 10, both directed by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell and Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, both with commentary by Martin Scorsese and Michael Powell, and both starring Deborah Kerr
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
United Kingdom / English / 1943 / 2h 43m
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №173
- Commentary
- 1 track on the Channel player
Synopsis
Considered by many to be the finest British film ever made, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, is a stirring masterpiece like no other. Roger Livesey dynamically embodies outmoded English militarism as the indelible General Clive Candy, who barely survives four decades of tumultuous British history, 1902 to 1942, only to see the world change irrevocably before his eyes. Anton Walbrook and Deborah Kerr provide unforgettable support, he as a German enemy turned lifelong friend of Candy’s and she as young women of three consecutive generations, a socially committed governess, a sweet-souled war nurse, and a modern-thinking army driver, who inspire him. COLONEL BLIMP is both moving and slyly satirical, an incomparable film about war, love, aging, and obsolescence, shot in gorgeous Technicolor.
