The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp runs two and three-quarters hours and takes place over forty years. The former’s passage is sublime, the latter’s is subtle. Directors Powell and Pressburger bookend the film in the present, then flashback. The lead at the start of the film is James McKechnie. read more
Edith Hunter of THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP
6/7/2016
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Every once in a while some film fan will regale me with some tale o' love and obsession with some film star or character, insi read more
Jul 28 Posted by aaronwest THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, POWELL AND PRESSBURGER, 1943 “BUT THE WAR BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT!!’ frustratingly exclaims General Wynne-Candy, known to the film audience as Colonel Blimp. There are a lot of points to the Powell and Pressburger epic, and the most potent read more
Jul 28 Posted by aaronwest THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, POWELL AND PRESSBURGER, 1943 “BUT THE WAR BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT!!’ frustratingly exclaims General Wynne-Candy, known to the film audience as Colonel Blimp. There are a lot of points to the Powell and Pressburger epic, and the most potent read more
Jul 28 Posted by aaronwest THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, POWELL AND PRESSBURGER, 1943 “BUT THE WAR BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT!!’ frustratingly exclaims General Wynne-Candy, known to the film audience as Colonel Blimp. There are a lot of points to the Powell and Pressburger epic, and the most potent read more
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1943)
Structured a lot like Lawrence of Arabia, a film that constantly reminds The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp even if Lawrence was made twenty years later, Colonel Blimp feels fresher and deserves as much if not more read more
Coronel Blimp: Vida e Morte (1943) / The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) ESTE ARTIGO TEM SPOILERS THIS ARTICLE HAS SPOILERS “A guerra começa à meia-noite!” Mesmo com esse protesto, o General Clive Candy é levado como prisioneiro de um grupo de soldados ingleses em trei read more
