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‘Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger’ Review: Scorsese Pays Tribute To British Cinema’s Visionaries – Berlin Film Festival
‘Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger’ review: Scorsese pays tribute to British cinema’s visionaries – Berlin Film Festival
He notes how their sophisticated wartime “propaganda” movies actually channeled their humanitarian philosophy, and especially focuses on their time with The Rank Organisation, which he has often called “the longest period of subversive filmmaking at a major studio, ever” (but, for some reason, doesn’t here). He talks about how a fight scene in T he Life and Death of Colonel Blimp influenced Raging Bull ’s, and how he sees echoes of The Red Shoes ’ sociopathic ballet impresario Boris Lermantov in his antiheroes, from Mean Streets ’ Johnny Boy to Taxi Driver ’s Travis Bickle, Cape Fear ’s Max Cady, Casino ’s Ace Rothstein, Gangs of New York ’s Bill the Butcher and Shutter Island ’s Teddy Daniels. Title: Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger Festival: Berlin(Berlinale Special) Sales agent: Altitude Director: David Hinton Running time: 2 hr 11 min
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