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Dec 15, 2021 · In 2004, Total Film named A Matter of Life and Death second on their list of the greatest British movies ever.
- Gregory Wakeman
A Matter of Life and Death is a 1946 British fantasy - romance film set in England during World War II. Written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, the film stars David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter and Marius Goring.
- Its cinematic inventiveness. This is a film that dares to imagine on the largest possible scale, whether it is the tour of the universe with which it opens or the irresistible reversal of Wizard of Oz logic that depicts heaven in monochrome and Earth in ‘glorious Technicolor’ – for life, the audience will learn, is too wonderful to leave any sooner than is absolutely necessary.
- Its seriousness. Genial in tone, charming and accessible, the film told a simple love story that was designed to appeal to anyone who had a heart. Yet, refusing to retreat into escapism, it addressed the important challenge of its time.
- Its realism. Such is the fantasy dimension of the film that it is easy to overlook the extraordinary documentary eye with which it is constructed. In telling the story of a brain-damaged airman who has hallucinations of another world, Powell and Pressburger pay a scrupulous respect to the neurological reality of how these visions might have taken place.
- Those performances. Should I ever find myself in a burning aircraft I like to think that I shall be able to muster the same sang-froid with which David Niven, as Flight Lieutenant Peter Carter, recites his favourite poetry before bailing out without a parachute.
Apr 21, 1995 · Stairway To Heaven (A Matter Of Life And Death) 104 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 1995. Roger Ebert. April 21, 1995. 4 min read. “Stairway to Heaven” (1946) is one of the most audacious films ever made – in its grandiose vision, and in the cozy English way it’s expressed. The movie, which is being revived at the Music Box in a restored Technicolor ...
Dec 8, 2017 · Revisiting A Matter Of Life And Death. It’s 71 years old and considered one of the best British films ever made. Rachel takes a look at the wonderful A Matter Of Life And Death. By Rachel...
Released in the UK in November 1946, and in the United States in December 1946, A Matter of Life and Death’s reputation has deservedly grown in the intervening years and it is now hailed as a classic of its kind. The British Film Institute ranked it 20th in its 1999 poll of the greatest British films of the 20th Century.
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Dec 8, 2017 · A Matter of Life and Death, from the legendary writing and directing team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, is one of the most beloved British films ever made. And it’s easy to see why: It’s a deliciously preposterous romance between two gorgeous people whom you cannot help but root for as their love is threatened.
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