War, love and weirdness: A Matter of Life and Death – 70 years on | Film | The Guardian
I’m sure I’ve posted about this film before but I make no apologies for re-blogging The Guardian’s article as I love the tale to pieces!
Kim Hunter and David Niven in A Matter of Life and Death. Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/RANK
The opening scenes of A Matter of Life and Death are among the most audacious and moving ever confected by the cinematic magicians Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. After the whump of arrow on target that announces a production by the Archers, we are pitched into the blue-black vasts of space – the film-makers had consulted Arthur C Clarke about the design of their cosmos – where a voiceover guides us past eerie nebulae and exploding stars to our own fretful corner of the universe. On Earth it’s the night of 2 May 1945, a thousand-bomber raid has left a German city in flames, and British pilots have…
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Rogues & Vagabonds 
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We have a great TV channel on virgimedia called talkingpictures and great black and whites with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon and many more …. wonderful ..Hope your well Ian 😊👍
What can I say? A Powell-Pressburger classic, to (almost) rival ‘Black Narcissus’. Surreal, relevant, poignant, and wonderful performances.
Best wishes, Pete,, x.
I’ve got Talking Pictures on Freeview but keep forgetting to check the listings!
Much more intriguing than Black Narcissus in my opinion!
Sarah, how did I miss this movie? Obviously it is wonderful. Thank you!
Its well worth it always using V6 box to add the films … Do you remember Family at War … its just finished on Sunday but brilliantly well done
I do and I loved it!
You must get hold of it at once! Along with The Way Ahead, it’s one of Niven’s best performances.
Thank you!!