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Career Suicide was never this Spectacular!
Filmhaus - wrote on 04/12/2021
Prior to this movie, Michael Powell was the cinematic equivalent of Steven Spielberg in the British Isles.
During the second World War, he produced war-time masterpiece after masterpiece, examining England's relationship with the United States while chronicling his country's cultural journey through periods of intense turmoil.
And the people loved him for it.
Why? Two words: Emeric Pressburger.
While Powell was known for his avant-garde palette and bon vivant sensibilities, Emeric, acting as the chief scriptwriter and co-director of the Archers label (their partnership), was a master at channeling the passionate sentimentalism coursing through veins of the British everyman and shaping it to emotionally-charged, borderline maudlin dialogue.
Basically, he was Paul McCartney …
