MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL & PRESSBURGER

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Martin Scorsese first encountered the films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger when he was a child, sitting in front of the family TV. When their famous logo came up on-screen, Scorsese says, "You knew you were in for fantasy, wonder, magic — real film magic." Now, in this spellbinding documentary, he tells the story of his lifelong love affair with their movies, including THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, BLACK NARCISSUS, THE RED SHOES and THE TALES OF HOFFMANN. Drawing on a rich array of archival material, Scorsese explores in full the collaboration between the Englishman Powell and the Hungarian Pressburger — two romantics and idealists who thrived in the face of adversity during World War II but were eventually brought low by the film industry of the 1950s. Scorsese celebrates their ability to create "subversive commercial movies" and describes how deeply their films have influenced his own work. DIR David Hinton; PROD Nick Varley, Matthew Wells. UK, 2024, color/b&w, 131 min. NOT RATED

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Run Time: 131 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, July 26, 2024

Genre: Documentary - film