Michael Powell (1) (1905–1990)
Author of The Red Shoes [1948 film]
For other authors named Michael Powell, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Michael Powell (1905-90) was one of Britain's foremost directors and a three-time Academy Award nominee for The Red Shoes, 49th Parallel, and One of Our Aircraft Is Missing. (Bowker Author Biography)
Works by Michael Powell
A Matter of Life and Death [1946 film] (1946) — Producer, Director, and Screenwriter — 105 copies, 4 reviews
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [1943 film] (1943) — Director; Screenwriter; Producer — 95 copies, 1 review
A Matter of Life and Death [and] Age of Consent (Double Feature Video) — Director — 12 copies
The Powell and Pressburger Collection [11 films] — Director — 11 copies
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [and] A Matter of Life and Death (Double Feature Video) — Director — 6 copies
The Battle of the River Plate / In Which We Serve / We Dive at Dawn — Director — 5 copies
3 Powell & Pressburger Films - A Matter of Life and Death | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | I Know Where I'm Going — Director — 2 copies
The Phantom Light / Red Ensign / The Upturned Glass (Triple Feature Video) (2008) — Director — 2 copies
The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp / The Day Will Dawn / Secret Mission (Video) — Director — 1 copy
An Airman's Letter to His Mother — Director — 1 copy
The Volunteer — Director — 1 copy
Associated Works
Essential Art House, Volume II (Black Orpheus / The 400 Blows / Ikiru / The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp / Pygmalion / La Strada) (2009) — Director — 1 copy
10 unforgettable films. Part 2 : Carve her name with pride -- Genevieve -- Brief Encounter -- The red shoes -- A town like Alice — Director — 1 copy
Femme Fatales #21 (Vol. 5 No. 1) — Featured Artist — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Powell, Michael
- Legal name
- Powell, Michael Latham
- Birthdate
- 1905-09-30
- Date of death
- 1990-02-19
- Gender
- male
- Education
- King's School, Canterbury, England, UK
Dulwich College, London, England, UK - Occupations
- film director
screenwriter
novelist - Relationships
- Schoonmaker, Thelma (wife)
Pressburger, Emeric (collaborator) - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Bekesbourne, Kent, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Avening, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Nice, France - Place of death
- Avening, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Map Location
- England, UK
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Reviews
Michael Powell was born in1905 near Canterbury in England and this excellent autobiography covers in detail his life through two world wars, from his Kent childhood, his film apprenticeship with the great silent film director Rex Ingrim in Nice, through to the making of his masterpiece 'The Red Shoes' .
This is a memoir full of anecdotes and interesting details. The stories of war-time film-making in England and Powell's working relationship with Emeric Pressburger are fascinating.
'A Matter show more of Life and Death', 'I Know Where I'm Going' and 'A Canterbury Tale' are among my favourite films so I found this book to be completely engrossing. show less
This is a memoir full of anecdotes and interesting details. The stories of war-time film-making in England and Powell's working relationship with Emeric Pressburger are fascinating.
'A Matter show more of Life and Death', 'I Know Where I'm Going' and 'A Canterbury Tale' are among my favourite films so I found this book to be completely engrossing. show less
No index. No footnotes. No scholarship. What's the point? Apparently the author talked to many of the people involved. But we don't know what comes from those interviews and what comes from the author's head.
And then there are the racist attitudes, toward Blacks and Chinese and maybe others. This is perhaps not surprising for a book from the 1950s, but still, it sat very ill. Can't we produce a real history? This might as well be fiction.
And then there are the racist attitudes, toward Blacks and Chinese and maybe others. This is perhaps not surprising for a book from the 1950s, but still, it sat very ill. Can't we produce a real history? This might as well be fiction.
A young nun leads a new convent in the Himalayas.
The last 30 or 40 minutes, when shit starts to go down, are great. The earlier parts of the movie suffer from an unsympathetic protagonist, leaving me a little Meh as far as story is concerned. Visually, though, it couldn't be better. Every single frame is immersive.
Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: C
Dialog: A
Pacing: B
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: A
Music: B
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 3.3/4
The last 30 or 40 minutes, when shit starts to go down, are great. The earlier parts of the movie suffer from an unsympathetic protagonist, leaving me a little Meh as far as story is concerned. Visually, though, it couldn't be better. Every single frame is immersive.
Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: C
Dialog: A
Pacing: B
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: A
Music: B
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 3.3/4
C (Indifferent).
The war takes three strangers to rural England, where they solve a quaint mystery.
It's weird for a movie to simultaneously be so charming and well-directed, while also being so aggressively off-putting. They've beautifully expressed a shitty point of view.
(Dec. 2024)
The war takes three strangers to rural England, where they solve a quaint mystery.
It's weird for a movie to simultaneously be so charming and well-directed, while also being so aggressively off-putting. They've beautifully expressed a shitty point of view.
(Dec. 2024)
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