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Powell and Pressburger also co-produced a few films by other directors under The Archers' banner: The Silver Fleet (1943), written and directed by Vernon Sewell and Gordon Wellesley, based on a story by Pressburger, [7] and The End of the River (1947), directed by Derek N. Twist, to which both Powell and Pressburger contributed uncredited ...
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger is a 2024 British documentary film directed by David Hinton. Martin Scorsese narrates the film, as he reflects on the influence of filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger , whose decades-long collaboration led to a series of classics that made the duo a crucial part of British cinema.
The film was made in black and white, and was the first of two collaborations between Powell and Pressburger and cinematographer Erwin Hillier. Much of the film's visual style is a mixture of British realism and Hillier's German Expressionist style that is harnessed through a neo-romantic sense of the English landscape.
A list of books and essays about Powell & Pressburger: Christie, Ian (1994). Arrows of Desire: The Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Faber & Faber, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-571-16271-0. Christie, Ian; Moor, Andrew (6 July 2005). Michael Powell: International Perspectives on an English Film-maker. British Film Institute.
For any film lovers who grew up on, generationally depending, the cinema of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, or the essential ’90s cinephile primer “A Personal Journey with Martin ...
Powell and Pressburger began to go their separate ways after the mid-1950s. They remained close friends but wanted to explore different things, having done about as much as they could together. Two of his later films were made under the pseudonym "Richard Imrie".
Pressburger wanted to make a film about a girl who wants to get to an island, but by the end of the film no longer wants to. Powell suggested an island on Scotland's west coast. He and Pressburger spent several weeks researching locations and decided on the Isle of Mull. Pressburger wrote the screenplay in four days.
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