A matter of life and death / J. Arthur Rank presents ; a production of the Archers ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color, black and white; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages ; illustrations ; folded to 17 x 12 cm)
Container of (work): Colour merchant (Motion picture)
Notes:
David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring, Abraham Sofaer, Robert Coote, Joan Maude, Kathleen Byron, Bonar Colleano, Richard Attenborough. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1946. Full screen (1.37:1). Special features: interview from 2008 with filmmaker Martin Scorsese; audio commentary from 2009 featuring film scholar Ian Christie; new interview with editor Thelma Schoonmaker, director Michael Powell's widow; new short documentary on the film's special effects featuring film historian Craig Barron and visual effects artist Harrison Ellenshaw; The colour merchant, a 1998 short film featuring cinematographer Jack Cardiff; The South Bank show: "Michael Powell," a 1986 television program featuring Powell; restoration demonstration; an essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek.
Summary:
After miraculously surviving a jump from his burning plane, RAF pilot Peter Carter encounters the American radio operator to whom he has just delivered his dying wishes and, face-to-face on a tranquil English beach, the pair fall in love. When a messenger from the afterlife arrives to correct the clerical error that spared his life, Peter must mount a fierce defense for his right to stay on earth.
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