UW Cinematheque: Remembering 'The Great War'
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | UK | 1943 | 35mm | 163 min. Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Event Details
Date
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook
Powell and Pressburger’s supreme achievement covers forty years of the blustery general’s tumultuous military career. Shot during the Blitz yet still suffused with the Archers’ customarily brilliant Technicolor photography, brisk pacing, and rich sense of humor, Colonel Blimp remains an incomparably moving ode to humanity itself.
Powell and Pressburger’s supreme achievement covers forty years of the blustery general’s tumultuous military career. Shot during the Blitz yet still suffused with the Archers’ customarily brilliant Technicolor photography, brisk pacing, and rich sense of humor, Colonel Blimp remains an incomparably moving ode to humanity itself.
Cost
Free
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