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1 day ago · The films of Powell and Pressburger, the directing-screenwriting duo known as the Archers, has been an abiding polestar for Scorsese, who befriended Powell late in life.
4 days ago · At the beginning of “Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger,” Martin Scorsese recounts how he first encountered the works of the legendary filmmaking duo of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger as a child under perhaps the worst conditions imaginable — on his family’s black-and-white television in substandard and edited prints that made hash of their visual elements. Even ...
5 days ago · The director narrates David Hinton’s absorbing documentary about the legendary partnership between Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, two filmmakers who defined 20th-century British cinema.
5 days ago · When Schoonmaker relayed the difficulties to Powell, he quickly became concerned that Scorsese must hold onto his creative independence. According to Schoonmaker, Powell was shaped by...
1 day ago · “Made in England: The Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger" is a poignant crescendo in one of the great love affairs in movies. The films of Powell and Pressburger, the …
1 day ago · In the new documentary “Made in England: The Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger,” Scorsese recalls watching “The Red Shoes” as a child. He describes it as “one of the origins of my obsession with cinema, itself.”. “The Powell-Pressberger films have had a profound effect on the sensibility that I bring to all the work I ...
4 days ago · Born in England and Hungary respectively, filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger made more than 20 films together beginning in 1939 with the wartime drama The Spy In Black starring Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson and Sebastian Shaw.
