A Matter of Life and Death: Powell & Pressburger

[zalena]

I am an enormous fan of The Archers, the team of mid-20C filmmakers who have made some of my all time favorite films. Among them, The Red Shoes about a ballet dancer torn between love and her art slowly losing her mind, and I Know Where I'm Going about a woman traveling to the outer islands of Scotland to get married, only to become stymied by the

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[eegatland]

thanks for articulating what I was too lazy to sit down and articulate!

[zalena]

Thank you for reading! Looking at it, again, I'm seeing a bunch of glaring errors as well as a number of places that need some clarification. I couldn't quite make peace with the film and I think that's why it defies description. Still, the opening scenes, as well as the ending where the trial comes down into the surgery... are amazing and stirring and surreal. I'm constantly surprised these films are not better known.