Article: Michael Powell.(Review)

by James Howard, with an Introduction by Deborah Kerr. Batsford, England and North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar square Press, 1997. 160 pp., illus. Paperback: $24.95

Rich and strange are the movies of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Masterpiece or misfire, stunning or disappointing, they bristle with odd angles, they hook and tease the mind. Underappreciated by critics in their day, their Hollywood admirers ranged from Cecil B. De Mille to Billy Wilder. Paramount used I Know Where I'm Going to demonstrate classical scriptwriting. Gene Kelly used The Red Shoes to change MGM's policy on musicals. Their cause was championed by movie 'brats-with-beards' Scorsese and ...

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