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Thread #61979   Message #999209
Posted By: izzy
08-Aug-03 - 08:35 PM
Thread Name: BS: Powell and Pressburger
Subject: RE: BS: Powell and Pressburger
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