― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 19 June 2004 01:46 (nineteen years ago) link
"Pity?"
"Pity when you get home and people ask you what you've seen in England and you say, 'I saw a movie in Salisbury... and I made a pilgrimage to Canterbury and saw another one.'"
"You've got me all wrong. I know that in Canterbury I have to look out for a cathedral."
"Do look out for it. It's just behind the movie theater, you can't miss it."
― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 19 June 2004 01:50 (nineteen years ago) link
sorry
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 19 June 2004 01:51 (nineteen years ago) link
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I loved A Canterbury Tale but I've only seen it once & long ago so cannot be too helpful about it. I'm not sure that there is anything profound underlying its mysticism but it is quintessentially English and beautifully done. I need to see this film again, it's the only major Archers film I haven't seen several times and I suspect it'd be at least my second favourite.
A Matter of Life and Death, Peeping Tom (not Pressburger, from memorty) and Black Narcissus all excellent, but I've never managed to get much enthusiasm up for Colonel Blimp despite it probably being regarded as among their best (if not their best?).
― frankiemachine, Saturday, 19 June 2004 10:12 (nineteen years ago) link
I admire it most for its beautiful, and somewhat eerie evocation of a centuries-old way of English life.
― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 19 June 2004 12:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 19 June 2004 12:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 19 June 2004 13:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 19 June 2004 19:41 (nineteen years ago) link
I saw Jack Cardiff a few weeks ago, and he told some great stories. And apparently Michael Powell loved almost every suggestion that he got from people. "Wonderful! Let's do it!" or something to that effect - he said exactly the same phrase every time.
― Girolamo Savonarola, Saturday, 19 June 2004 19:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 19 June 2004 20:02 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002153/
Anyway, no, that wasn't a death tribute - that was the prelude to his Honorary Oscar. (Which, IIRC, is the only honorary one ever awarded to a technician.)
― Girolamo Savonarola, Saturday, 19 June 2004 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link
am hoping A Canterbury Tale gets a repeat shortly (the ch4 matinees seem to repeat on a yearly basis - things are turning up again now that i watched this time last year, The Spy In Black being one of them).
Red Shoes was on in the last month or so too but i think i was helping hopkins move house.
― koogs (koogs), Monday, 21 June 2004 07:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Lee G (Lee G), Monday, 21 June 2004 16:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 21 June 2004 18:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Lee G (Lee G), Monday, 21 June 2004 23:41 (nineteen years ago) link
monday 19th 13:15: the elusive pimperneltuesday 20th 13:00: a canterbury talethursday 22nd 13:20: ill met by moonlight
― koogs (koogs), Friday, 16 July 2004 11:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Thursday, 11 August 2005 13:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 August 2005 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Thursday, 11 August 2005 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Enrique, naked in an unfamiliar future where corporations run the world... (Enri, Sunday, 14 August 2005 13:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Sunday, 14 August 2005 13:30 (eighteen years ago) link
Destroy: Powell's autobiography, rivaled only by Isaac Asimov's in length and tediousness.
The Pressburger bio that came out several years back was pretty good though. Maybe the guy who wrote it was his nephew or grandson?
And has anybody seen any of Powell's quota quickies? I have this strange memory of being in a hotel and a movie called something like Rynox came on the television and then it said "Directed by Michael Powell," but I had to go out so I didn't watch it. The beginning was nothing special.
― k/l (Ken L), Sunday, 14 August 2005 19:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Monday, 15 August 2005 07:34 (eighteen years ago) link
http://telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/08/13/bfdvds13.xml&menuId=564&sSheet=/arts/2005/08/13/ixfilmmain.html
The Powell & Pressburger Box Set:Battle of the River Plate;A Canterbury Tale; 49th Parallel; I Know Where I'm Going; Ill Met by Moonlight; The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp; The Red Shoes; A Matter of Life and Death; They're a Weird MobGranada Ventures, DVD (9 discs), £17.99; only in HMV
18 quid is a good deal."only in HMV"?
― koogs (koogs), Monday, 15 August 2005 07:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Monday, 15 August 2005 07:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Monday, 15 August 2005 07:44 (eighteen years ago) link
I saw A Canterbury Tale last year, then went to Canterbury with the Vicar and Rener! It was a bit like, in the film.
I seem to have had half an eye on I Know Where I'm Going so many times.
A Matter Of Life and Death will always be the central picture for me.
― the bellefox, Monday, 15 August 2005 11:27 (eighteen years ago) link
including the HMV website (where it's still 40 quid). i guess this is an instore deal or the website's old. (or the guardian and the times were both wrong)
― koogs (koogs), Monday, 15 August 2005 12:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Monday, 15 August 2005 12:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Monday, 15 August 2005 12:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― koogs (koogs), Monday, 15 August 2005 13:19 (eighteen years ago) link
I saw a (WWII?) lifeboat movie that was shot by Jack Cardiff once that was pretty interesting- google tells me it was called Western Approaches.
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 15 August 2005 14:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Monday, 15 August 2005 14:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 15 August 2005 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― frankiemachine, Monday, 15 August 2005 14:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 15 August 2005 17:17 (eighteen years ago) link
Is it only £17.99 if you pick it up "in store"? I'm not familiar with HMV as I'm not from the UK. But damn, I want this.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 15 August 2005 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 15 August 2005 17:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Enrique, naked in an unfamiliar future where corporations run the world... (Enri, Monday, 15 August 2005 17:51 (eighteen years ago) link
No, the radio subplot involves her fiancé. Checking up on this led me to discover that Petula Clark has a small role in the movie.
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 15 August 2005 17:58 (eighteen years ago) link
not even then according to starry who popped out at lunchtime. appears both papers were incorrect.
― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 07:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― koogs (koogs), Sunday, 18 September 2005 09:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Sunday, 18 September 2005 11:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 19 September 2005 00:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 19 September 2005 01:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 19 September 2005 12:27 (eighteen years ago) link
Next Sunday is The Red Shoes and the TCM premiere of- they said it couldn't be shown on television - Peeping Tom.
― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 07:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 11:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 11:54 (eighteen years ago) link
oh that is fantastic news! though I suppose I wouldn't otherwise have ever seen Age of Consent if it hadn't been paired with AMOLAD on the DVD
you can't go wrong with any of the classic Archers. I might recommend a b&w one if you've just seen Red Shoes or Blimp, so Eric otm
― rob, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 20:40 (six years ago) link
Age of Consent!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 20:41 (six years ago) link
Wild, huh? Here's Kehr on the set: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/movies/homevideo/06dvds.html
reading that made me want to rewatch the opening to AMOLAD immediately
― rob, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 20:46 (six years ago) link
I need to watch it again. Parts of it reminded me of the Lubitsch Heaven Can Wait, which was too aw-shucks for me.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 20:48 (six years ago) link
if you mean AMOLAD, it does drag in the final act with the big trial (Heaven Can Wait is a bit slow too, especially for Lubitsch), but I love the set up and everything that happens on Earth. And Livesey's camera obscura is quintessential P&P visual bravura: http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/1075290/Matter-Of-Life-And-Death-A-Movie-Clip-Camera-Obscura.html. Also fun to see Marius Goring in such a different role from Red Shoes.
if you meant Age of Consent... I don't remember much of it
― rob, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 21:00 (six years ago) link
I watched Criterion's blu-ray of AMOLAD last night and it is absolutely stunning--the upgrade really brings home what a visual achievement it is. What I said in my previous post about the trial still stands, but the rest is pure joy.
I've only watched the first 20 minutes, but there's also an odd but compelling special feature, a 1986 episode of the South Bank Show, that functions as something of a miniature adaptation of A Life in Movies.
― rob, Sunday, 6 January 2019 18:06 (five years ago) link
enjoyed Black Narcissus but didn't like The Red Shoes as much
― Dan S, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 01:27 (four years ago) link
The Small Back Room was on tv over the weekend. I've not watched it yet and can't remember if I've seen it before.
― koogs, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 01:52 (four years ago) link
If you saw it I think you would have remembered it.
― Another Fule Clickin’ In Your POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 02:01 (four years ago) link
The Small Back Room is the next film of theirs I'm planning to watch
― Dan S, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 02:05 (four years ago) link
yes, then read my archived review.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 02:42 (four years ago) link
NYers: The Small Back Room is showing at the Film Forum on August 26, part of Marty Scorsese & Jay Cocks' double feature festival (paired w/ the '26 silent The Magician)
― Josefa, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
half an hour into SBR and it's still not ringing any bells.
― koogs, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 19:09 (four years ago) link
saw The Red Shoes again. the hyper-stylization annoyed me at first, but I was more drawn in seeing it again. the climactic ballet sequence was beautiful
watched The Small Back Room today. I liked your review Morbs
― Dan S, Sunday, 25 August 2019 00:05 (four years ago) link
Thanks. As I still own the Bluray, I may not make the NYC screening (tho I need to see that silent), but we'll see.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 25 August 2019 07:13 (four years ago) link
don't have anything to add to the discussion about A Canterbury Tale except to say that I just saw it now for the first time and enjoyed it
― Dan S, Sunday, 1 September 2019 22:57 (four years ago) link
liked hearing the Toccata and Fugue in the cathedral near the end
― Dan S, Sunday, 1 September 2019 23:48 (four years ago) link
I rewatched A Matter of Life and Death and had no memory that the first person Niven meets after his bailout is a nude shepherd boy (cut for US release btw).
My favorite detail of that great first Niven-Kim Hunter scene is that he's cracking bad jokes while he's using his last moments to quote every poet he can think of. "Andy Marvell, what a marvel!"
My only caveats are that all that US vs UK stuff in the celestial trial is just weird now (apparently the film office asked them to make a film about Yank-Brit unity), and
SPOILER
you can see Roger Livesey's death coming from his second scene.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 01:21 (four years ago) link
Bbc2 have been showing a few of these as matinees (and a bunch of other decent b&w films as well *)
Life and death todayRiver plate on SaturdayBlimp on Monday
(* Wooden horse, 633 squadron, triple cross, Odette, man who never was)
― koogs, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 02:37 (four years ago) link
nude shepherd boy, hmm
haven't seen it yet
― Dan S, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 02:42 (four years ago) link
The number of nude shepherd boys I was exposed to my fully clothed boy life astonishes me to this day.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 03:03 (four years ago) link
lol
― Dan S, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 03:20 (four years ago) link
(apparently the film office asked them to make a film about Yank-Brit unity)
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 06:11 (four years ago) link
really liked Peeping Tom
― Dan S, Friday, 4 October 2019 03:24 (four years ago) link
Talking Pictures TVThu 16 Apr 202002:20The Wild Heart 1952. Drama. Directed by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger. Stars Jennifer Jones, David Farrar & Cyril Cusack. Hazel, a child of nature, turns to a book of spells and charms when she has problems.
(this, is turns out, is Gone To Earth, which is one i haven't seen)
― koogs, Monday, 13 April 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
A different cut of Gone to Earth iirc. It's been on Talking Pictures before so there's a good chance it'll be on at a more reasonable time in the future. Haven't watched it right thru either.
― où sont les threads d'antan? (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 April 2020 15:29 (four years ago) link
Consequently, Selznick had the film re-edited and some extra scenes shot in Hollywood under director Rouben Mamoulian to make the version known as The Wild Heart (1952). Selznick's changes were mostly additions to the film: a prologue; scenes explaining things, often literally, by putting labels or inscriptions on them; and more close-ups of his wife, Jennifer Jones.
There's a bit more, but spoilers so I left it out.
― où sont les threads d'antan? (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 April 2020 15:37 (four years ago) link
the accents in that film are both charming and all over the place
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Monday, 13 April 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
watching The Battle Of The River Plate on bbc2. they are issuing commands on the boat using a bugle, different tunes for different commands.
― koogs, Thursday, 23 December 2021 14:54 (two years ago) link
Kathleen Byron's birthday today.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 21:41 (one year ago) link
Well, had a chance to see -- for the first time even -- the restored Red Shoes just now at the local Alamo as a one off. Hell of a thing.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 15 January 2023 22:59 (one year ago) link
:)
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 January 2023 23:22 (one year ago) link
Every time I watch it, it gets better
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 15 January 2023 23:24 (one year ago) link
and for a while it was my least favorite P&P.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 January 2023 23:40 (one year ago) link
That’d be 49th Parallel for me (a perfectly good movie)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 15 January 2023 23:48 (one year ago) link
Oh! Right. Olivier.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 January 2023 23:53 (one year ago) link
Saw Thelma Schoonmaker talk Powell at the BFI yesterday - she showed a few clips, including one from an adaptation of Bartok's Bluebeard, upcoming on blu and BFI Player, which Powell did for a German company after Peeping Tom and which looks absolutely stunning, a real Mario Bava/Hammer horror colour palette and fascinating to see them reach for the same sumptousness of their big productions on a shoestring budget.
There's also a book out, an exhibition (Scorsese loaned the Red Shoes!) and of course they're showing tons of their movies, including a lot of early quota quickies.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 27 October 2023 10:25 (five months ago) link
RYNOX?
― My Prelapsarian Baby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 27 October 2023 11:33 (five months ago) link
What?
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 27 October 2023 12:20 (five months ago) link
It's showing on 10 Nov https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=rynoxhotelsplendide
― Piedie Gimbel, Friday, 27 October 2023 12:26 (five months ago) link
RYNOX was the quota quickie you always seemed to hear about, believe it was thought lost until the nineties. I seem to recall it popping up on television once while I was in a hotel but I didn’t have the time or sense to watch it.
― My Prelapsarian Baby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 27 October 2023 12:47 (five months ago) link
I think it's on the bfiplayer too, if that's available outside the UK?
― Piedie Gimbel, Friday, 27 October 2023 13:07 (five months ago) link
I see a streaming channel called BFI Player Classics which has some kind of more limited selection.
― My Prelapsarian Baby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 27 October 2023 13:34 (five months ago) link
Dunno if a VPN will work with this? https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-rynox-1932-online
― Piedie Gimbel, Friday, 27 October 2023 13:41 (five months ago) link
https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/cutting-edge-thelma-schoonmaker-on-powell-and-pressburger-scene-by-scene
― My Prelapsarian Baby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 November 2023 19:12 (five months ago) link
thanks for that James, good read. also alerted me to the fact that a restored I Know Where I'm Going is on at the NFT today. fortunately it's sold out. i say fortunately, because i really i ought to be doing a load of work, and a 12:30 showing of one of my all time favourite films would not have been conducive.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 12 November 2023 09:32 (five months ago) link
On the bonus features to Bluebeard's Castle there's a short piece about him making a prototype of Earthseahttps://www.murrayewing.co.uk/mewsings/2011/01/23/michael-powells-wizard-of-earthsea/
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 12 February 2024 21:08 (two months ago) link
Really hope Gone To Earth will get a bluray soon.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 12 February 2024 21:10 (two months ago) link
It had one on Kino Lorber that seemed to quickly go out of print!
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, 12 February 2024 21:18 (two months ago) link
I guessing the BFI will do it eventually, but Bluebeard's Castle must have been a higher priority because it was so rarely seen
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 12 February 2024 21:34 (two months ago) link