MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL & PRESSBURGER
- 2024
- 2 HR, 11 min
- AUG 9 → AUG 22
- Martin Scorsese
- Michael Powell
- Emeric Pressburger
David Hinton
Film Information
Martin Scorsese first encountered the films of Powell and 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 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 archive 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 1950’s.