Name: Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Cast: Martin Scorsese, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

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Martin Scorsese is the allround patron saint of cinema. Not only is the Italian American one of the greatest living directors working today, he also dedicates his life to salvaging cinema all over the world by locating and restoring films that had been forgotten or deemed lost forever. One of Scorsese’s passion projects since the 1970’s has been fostering the films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The writer/director duo rose to prominence in the United Kingdom during WWII and produced for the time uncharacteristically opulent cinematic outings, starting out as war propaganda which after 1945 transformed into epic cinematic artworks that transcended genre or nationality. In this beautifully heartfelt documentary, Scorsese invites you on a cinematic road of discovery through their oeuvre, like he did with Italian and American films in My Journey To Italy and A Personal Journey Through American Movies (both highly recommended!). We are proud to accompany Made in England with five of Powell & Pressburger’s greatest films in a retrospective commencing August 26th. Two of these will be presented in 35mm.

Credits

Regie: David Hinton
Cast: Martin Scorsese, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Genre: documentaite
Speelduur: 134 minuten
Land: VS
Taal: Engels
Ondertiteling: Nederlands

Storyline

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger viert Martin Scorsese de nalatenschap van het legendarische filmduo Powell en Pressburger. Met een schat aan clips en zeldzame archiefbeelden onderzoekt Scorsese de gedurfde genialiteit van het duo en hun kolossale impact op de filmgeschiedenis. Emeric Pressburger ontvluchtte Nazi Duitsland en leerde in Londen Michael Powell kennen. Het was de start van een unieke en productieve samenwerking die tot klassiekers leidde als THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (1943), BLACK NARCISSUS (1947) en THE RED SHOES (1948). Talloze filmfragmenten en uniek archiefmateriaal helpen inzichtelijk te maken hoe geniaal Powell en Pressburger waren. Martin Scorsese laat op ontroerende wijze zien hoe gedurfd en compromisloos het werk van de mannen was, en hoe dat in zijn eigen films terug te zien is.Regisseur David Hinton won diverse Bafta Awards. Hij produceerde deze documentaire in samenwerking met Michael Powells echtgenote Thelma Schoonmaker, gelauwerd editor van onder meer GOODFELLAS (1990) en KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023).

KINO is proud to present Fire & Gaslone: The Cinema of Powell & Pressburger.When the quintessential British Michael Powell met the newly immigrated, eloquent Hungarian Emeric Pressburger in the United Kingdom, it was the start of a fruitful collaboration between two cinematic minds. Both great admirers of silent cinema, the duo set out to create a body of work that had the vibrant physicality of the soundless era enhanced by new technology like TechniColor, fantastic orchestral scores and unabashed sincerity and passion, providing their work with a timeless quality. Accompanied by Scorsese’s documentary, this retrospective is the perfect opportunity to (re)discover their greatest cinematic achievements. We will present five of their masterpieces, three of them on 35mm prints.