The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp (1943, Powell & Pressburger)
Oops, I thought this was a comedy. I’d somehow convinced myself that Powell makes comedies and I’m never right. Maybe it’s because I watched this instead of I Know Where I’m Going! (a comedy?), which I...
View ArticleBlack Narcissus (1947, Powell + Pressburger)
Who ever would’ve thought that I’d like a movie about nuns as much as this. Fucking incredibly amazing movie, one of the best I’ve ever seen, and I don’t think that’s just because I’m kinda drunk. Need...
View ArticlePowell & Pressburger double-feature
49th Parallel (1941) The Archers wouldn’t exist as a production company and Pressburger wouldn’t get a co-director credit until the following year’s One of Our Aircraft is Missing – he just contributed...
View ArticlePowell & Pressburger double-feature #2
A rare valentine’s day treat for me when Katy suggested (not just “went along with” – suggested!) a Powell/Pressburger double-feature. Maybe she was jealous after reading up on the good times I had...
View ArticleThe Small Back Room (1949, Powell & Pressburger)
I watched this shortly before Trash Humpers, and judging from my notes, I’d already had more gin than I realized at the time. In place of the usual plot points and character names, I wrote down phrases...
View ArticleA Canterbury Tale (1944, Powell & Pressburger)
The kind of movie that I appreciate more after watching it than during. Having read nothing about it beforehand, I spent much of the runtime wondering why P&P made a wartime movie about three...
View ArticleOne of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942, Powell & Pressburger)
“Do you think that we Hollanders who threw the sea out of our country will let the Germans have it? Better the sea.” Pressburger’s first producer/director credit after a decade of writing in the movies...
View ArticleContraband (1940, Michael Powell)
I’ve seen a lot of wartime films by the Powell/Pressburger crew, but this one was the most fun. Neutral ship captain Conrad Veidt (Casablanca and Thief of Bagdad baddie) and his passengers and crew are...
View ArticleGone to Earth (1950, Powell & Pressburger)
The sixth-and-a-half Powell movie I’ve shown to Katy. I always think of Powell/Pressburger films as the kind of thing she’ll love, despite the fact that she hasn’t loved any, and has roundly disliked...
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