BackA Matter of Life and Death
(book in English)
by Ian Christie
- Type
- Studies
- Subject
- One Film > A Matter of Life and Death
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- Publishing Date
- 2021
- Publisher
- BFI Publishing
- Collection
- BFI Film Classics
- Language
- English
Dimensions
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 112 pages • 16 €
6.25 x 8 inches (16 x 20.5 cm) - ISBN
- 978-1-8390-2389-7
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Book Presentation:
Produced in the aftermath of the Second World War, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death (1946) stars David Niven as an RAF pilot poised between life and death, his love for the American radio operator June (Kim Hunter) threatened by medical, political and ultimately celestial forces. The film is a magical, profound fantasy and a moving evocation of English history and the wartime experience, with virtuoso Technicolor special effects. In the United States it was released under the title Stairway to Heaven, referencing one of its most famous images, a moving stairway between earth and the afterlife.
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Previous edition
A Matter of Life and Death (2000)
by Ian Christie
Publisher: BFI Publishing
(old edition)(in English)
Subject: One Film > A Matter of Life and Death
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