Jim_K

THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES -Volume #12 - The Films of MICHAEL POWELL & EME

THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES -Volume #12 - The Films of MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER

Rank ‘em, rate ‘em, review ‘em or whatever.

MICHAEL POWELL & (EMERIC PRESSBURGER)

Return to the Edge of the World (1978)
The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)
Age of Consent (1969)
They're a Weird Mob (1966)
Bluebeard's Castle (1964)
The Queen's Guards (1961)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Honeymoon (1959)
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1955)
The Wild Heart (1952) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
Gone to Earth (1950) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
The Small Back Room (1949) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
The Red Shoes (1948) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
Black Narcissus (1947) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
A Canterbury Tale (1944) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
The Volunteer (1943) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
49th Parallel (1941)
An Airman's Letter to His Mother (1941)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Contraband (1940)
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
The Spy in Black (1939)
Smith (1939)
The Edge of the World (1937)
The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
Crown Vs. Stevens (1936)
The Brown Wallet (1936)
Her Last Affaire (1936)
Someday (1935)
The Price of a Song (1935)
The Phantom Light (1935)
The Night of the Party (1935)
The Love Test (1935)
Lazybones (1935)
The Girl in the Crowd (1935)
Something Always Happens (1934)
Red Ensign (1934)
The Fire Raisers (1934)
Born Lucky (1933)
His Lordship (1932)
C.O.D. (1932)
Hotel Splendide (1932)
The Star Reporter (1932)
Rynox (1932)
The Rasp (1932)
My Friend the King (1932)
Two Crowded Hours (1931)
Riviera Revels (1928)

The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)

Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Adventures of Robin Hood, Beowulf, Cool Hand Luke, Dark City, The Doors, Dr No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, The Godfather Collection, How the West Was Won, The Hunt for Red October, Iron Man, Kill Bill 1 & 2, LA Confidential, Live and Let Die, The Mist, The Mummy, Nightmare Before Christmas, The Omen, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Pale Rider, The Sixth Sense, Starship Troopers, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Thunderball, Transformers DVD: Icons of Horror: The Hammer Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Road House, Rodan/War of the Gargantuas, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4

Jim_K

Seen 18
* Own 6

Return to the Edge of the World (1978)
The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)
Age of Consent (1969)
They're a Weird Mob (1966)
Bluebeard's Castle (1964)
The Queen's Guards (1961)
* Peeping Tom (1960)
Honeymoon (1959)
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1955)
The Wild Heart (1952)
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Gone to Earth (1950)
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
The Small Back Room (1949)
* The Red Shoes (1948)
* Black Narcissus (1947)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
The Volunteer (1943)
* The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
* 49th Parallel (1941)
An Airman's Letter to His Mother (1941)
* The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Contraband (1940)
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
The Spy in Black (1939)
Smith (1939)
The Edge of the World (1937)
The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
Crown Vs. Stevens (1936)
The Brown Wallet (1936)
Her Last Affaire (1936)
Someday (1935)
The Price of a Song (1935)
The Phantom Light (1935)
The Night of the Party (1935)
The Love Test (1935)
Lazybones (1935)
The Girl in the Crowd (1935)
Something Always Happens (1934)
Red Ensign (1934)
The Fire Raisers (1934)
Born Lucky (1933)
His Lordship (1932)
C.O.D. (1932)
Hotel Splendide (1932)
The Star Reporter (1932)
Rynox (1932)
The Rasp (1932)
My Friend the King (1932)
Two Crowded Hours (1931)
Riviera Revels (1928)

The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)

Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Adventures of Robin Hood, Beowulf, Cool Hand Luke, Dark City, The Doors, Dr No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, The Godfather Collection, How the West Was Won, The Hunt for Red October, Iron Man, Kill Bill 1 & 2, LA Confidential, Live and Let Die, The Mist, The Mummy, Nightmare Before Christmas, The Omen, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Pale Rider, The Sixth Sense, Starship Troopers, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Thunderball, Transformers DVD: Icons of Horror: The Hammer Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Road House, Rodan/War of the Gargantuas, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4

Arman

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Bill McA

Return to the Edge of the World (1978)
The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)
Age of Consent (1969)
They're a Weird Mob (1966)
Bluebeard's Castle (1964)
The Queen's Guards (1961)
Peeping Tom (1960) (Own the DVD)
Honeymoon (1959)
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1955) (Own the DVD)
The Wild Heart (1952) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) (with/Emeric Pressburger) (Own the DVD)
Gone to Earth (1950) (with/Emeric Pressburger) (Own the DVD)
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
The Small Back Room (1949) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
The Red Shoes (1948) (with/Emeric Pressburger) (Own the DVD)
Black Narcissus (1947) (with/Emeric Pressburger) (Own the DVD)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) (with/Emeric Pressburger) (Own the DVD, haven't watched it yet)
A Canterbury Tale (1944) (with/Emeric Pressburger) (Own the DVD)
The Volunteer (1943) (with/Emeric Pressburger) (Own the DVD, haven't watched it yet)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) (with/Emeric Pressburger) (Own the DVD)
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) (with/Emeric Pressburger)
49th Parallel (1941) (Own the DVD)
An Airman's Letter to His Mother (1941)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940) (Own the DVD)
Contraband (1940)
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
The Spy in Black (1939)
Smith (1939)
The Edge of the World (1937) (Own the DVD, haven't watched it yet)
The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
Crown Vs. Stevens (1936)
The Brown Wallet (1936)
Her Last Affaire (1936)
Someday (1935)
The Price of a Song (1935)
The Phantom Light (1935)
The Night of the Party (1935)
The Love Test (1935)
Lazybones (1935)
The Girl in the Crowd (1935)
Something Always Happens (1934)
Red Ensign (1934)
The Fire Raisers (1934)
Born Lucky (1933)
His Lordship (1932)
C.O.D. (1932)
Hotel Splendide (1932)
The Star Reporter (1932)
Rynox (1932)
The Rasp (1932)
My Friend the King (1932)
Two Crowded Hours (1931)
Riviera Revels (1928)

Seen 17
Own 13

My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Tokyo Story (1953,Yasujiro Ozu) 5/5, Tokyo-Ga (1985,Wim Wenders) 3/5, The Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965,Zbynek Brynych) 1/5, The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987,Kazuo Hara) 5/5, Searching for Debra Winger (2002,Rosanna Arquette) 2/5, I for India (2005,Sandhya Suri) 3/5, Vacancy (2007,Nimród Antal) 3/5, Lady Chatterley (2006,Pascale Ferran) 5/5, The Prefab People (1982,Béla Tarr) 2/5, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984,W.D. Richter) 2/5, 20 Centimeters (2005,Ramón Salazar) 3/5, Early Summer (1951,Yasujiro Ozu) 3/5, Late Spring (1949,Yasujiro Ozu) 5/5, A Story of Floating Weeds (1934,Yasujiro Ozu) 3/5, Passing Fancy (1933,Yasujiro Ozu) 3/5

Steve Christou

Peeping Tom (1960)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Black Narcissus (1947)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
49th Parallel (1941)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Rankings

1)The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
2)A Matter of Life and Death
3)Black Narcissus
4)Battle of the River Plate
5)49th Parallel

Average Rating 3.5 out of 5

george kaplan

This one is difficult. There are 2 films I'm sure I've seen, though it's been so long I remember only a general feeling of liking (A Matter of Life & Death) or a general feeling of not liking (Thief of Bagdad). In addition, I'm almost positive I've seen some others I'm not listing, but can't remember enough about those to even hazard a guess.

MICHAEL POWELL

Seen: 5+
Like: 2?
Own: 1

Rank order (approximate):

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Black Narcissus (1947)
The Red Shoes (1948)

"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder

"Subtitles good. Hollywood bad." - Tarzan, Sight & Sound 2012 voter.

"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock

The Lakers may have sucked this year, but at least they didn't suck as much as the Spurs.

Adam_S

MICHAEL POWELL & (EMERIC PRESSBURGER)


The Red Shoes (1948) (with/Emeric Pressburger) - - stunning in nitrate dye transfer
Black Narcissus (1947) (with/Emeric Pressburger) - 1/2 - really should sit down and watch again, this time the DVD
A Matter of Life and Death - - just perfect from beginning to end. on second viewing, now a top 20 film
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) (with/Emeric Pressburger) - - bloody, blustering, buffonery brilliant!
Thief of Baghdad - - silly effects and story nonetheless this is a delightful and rich story marvelously told
49th Parallel - - a truly remarkable film that progresses and improves from moment to moment so that you don't think it could better and it keeps getting better.
Edge of the world - - marginal and dull film that feels longer than Colonel Blimp, but barely makes ninety minutes.


Ranking:

1. A Matter of Life and Death
2. 49th Parallel
3. Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
4. The Red Shoes
5. Thief of Baghdad
6. Black Narcissus
7. Edge of the World

top 20 films
2008 film list
My DVDs; S&S List 62...212 AFI lists: - DONE! HTF Stars list 247/248

Brook K

I would love to be able to see more Archers and Powell films, though I haven't tried as hard as I could. Most want to see Oh...Rosalinda!.

*1. The Red Shoes - A (top 25-30, seen on film at an outdoor amphitheatre in LA)
*2. Peeping Tom - A
*3. The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp - A
5. I Know Where I'm Going! - A
*6. A Canterbury Tale - A-
*7. Gone To Earth - A-
*8. Black Narcissus - A-
9. A Matter of Life and Death - B+
10. The Tales of Hoffmann - B+
11. The Edge of the World - B+
12. The Sorceror's Apprentice - B+ (13m version included on Criterion DVD of Hoffmann. Text states that the original version was 30m but doesn't say if the 13m version is the only way the film exists today or not)
13. The Thief of Bagdad - B
14. 49th Parallel - B
15. The Battle of the River Plate - B
16. Return to the Edge of the World - B
17. An Airman's Letter to His Mother - C+

Own - 6 (still need to buy I Know Where I'm Going! one of these days. I'd buy A Matter of Life and Death blind.)

I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow, and the next day, and the next year, and the year after that. - George Bailey

2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 312 Last Watched: The Life of Oharu

Last 10 Films Watched:
Ace in the Hole - B+ / Tokyo Twilight - B
Early Spring - B+ / Witness for the Prosecution - B
There Was a Father - A- / The Battle of the River Plate - B
In Bruges - B / My Blueberry Nights - C+
WALL*E - A- / Presto - B+

DVD BEAVER My Collection

SteveGon