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izzy BS: Powell and Pressburger (5) RE: BS: Powell and Pressburger 08 Aug 03


Black Narcissus gave me the shivers --particularly the scene with Sister Ruth on the cliff --oooh!!!

I'm trying to get hold of The Edge of the World, too. I believe it was Michael Powell's first breakthrough into mainstream film and away from "B" pictures.

One of the great things about them is that they nurtured a lot of unusual actors who otherwise didn't seem to get terribly good (or frequent) film work. Roger Livesey and Marius Goring, for example. And Deborah Kerr's best films were with them. Oh, I forgot to mention The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Have you seen that one, JD? I think it's just fabulous. Quite a triumph for a wartime film, with a sympathetic German character (the wonderful Anton Walbrook.)

Cheers,

Isabel


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