Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

*SOLD OUT! Q&A with Martin Scorsese, moderated by JBFC Board President Janet Maslin

This event is SOLD OUT. There will be a standby line starting one hour before showtime in person at the box office.

Martin Scorsese first encountered the films of Powell and Pressburger when he was a child, sitting in front of the family TV. Now, in this documentary, he tells the story of his lifelong love-affair with their movies, including The Life and Death Of Colonel Blimp, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes and The Tales of Hoffmann.

Drawing on a rich array of archive material, Scorsese explores in full the collaboration between the Englishman Powell and the Hungarian Pressburger – two romantics and idealists, who thrived in the face of adversity during World War II but were eventually brought low by the film industry of the 1950’s.

Scorsese celebrates their ability to create “subversive commercial movies” and describes how deeply their films have influenced his own work.

"An engrossing celebration of two of British cinema’s most distinctive voices, and their creative harmony."
Wendy Ide, The Observer
"Scorsese’s rhapsodical memories match the romance of Powell and Pressburger’s transportive storytelling and indelible images; his account of first seeing the rhododendrons in Black Narcissus on a nitrate print is as magical as the image."
Tara Brady, The Irish Times

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Q&A with Martin Scorsese, moderated by JBFC Board President Janet Maslin
Friday, Aug. 2 2024, 7:00
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  • Martin Scorsese is an Oscar-winning director and producer whose films include Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Age of Innocence, The Departed, and most recently, Killers of the Flower Moon. In the documentary Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, Scorsese shares a personal journey through the life and movies of filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger whose work influenced many of Scorsese’s films.


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