#powell pressburger

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Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger (2024)

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'its weird to duel with someone youve never even seen' 'oh marriages are like that too sometimes'. which could mean nothing

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THE RED SHOES (1948) dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

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The Red Shoes (1948) dir. Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

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Marius Goring as Conductor 71 A Matter of Life and Death (1946) dir. Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

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BLACK NARCISSUS (1947)

Dir. Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell

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“Time rushes by, life rushes by, love rushes by, but the red shoes dance on…”

The Red Shoes (1948), dir. Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell

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The Red Shoes | 1948

Director: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Production designer: Hein Heckroth

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THE RED SHOES (1948) dir. Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

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BLACK NARCISSUS (1947)

Director: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Cinematography: Jack Cardiff

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Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger (2024)

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moira shearer as “olympia” in the tales of hoffmann (1951)

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You cannot have it both ways. The dancer who relies upon the doubtful comforts of human love will never be a great dancer. THE RED SHOES (1948)

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The Red Shoes (1948) dir. Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

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Good Omens season 2 referencing Powell & Pressburger films

Crowley's angel hair is modeled after Kim Hunter's hair as June in A Matter of Life and Death (1946).

Maggie's shop is called The Small Back Room in reference to 1949's The Small Back Room.

The red ballet shoes on the door of Give Me Coffee or Give Me Death are a nod to The Red Shoes (1948). (Note : the klaxons sounding in Heaven at the end of episode 1 are said to be a nod to the alarm bells in The Other World in A Matter of Life and Death. Personally, I don't think they sound at all alike; they are only similar in both being alarms. Plus, it's an audio reference, which I don't have the skill or patience to include here. But it's there!)

In The Small Back Room, Maggie has a poster for the film Stairway to Heaven displayed. A Matter of Life and Death was released under this title in the US.

The tartan hills welcoming Aziraphale to Scotland are a reference to the tartan hills welcoming Joan to Scotland in I Know Where I'm Going! (1945). And of course, the third episode is itself titled "I Know Where I'm Going."

Jim drops the book My Best Games of Chess, 1924-1937, by Alexander Alekhine, onto a table in the bookshop repeatedly as he is discovering how gravity works. This book is featured prominently in A Matter of Life and Death.

When Aziraphale enters The Resurrectionist pub in Edinburgh, I Know Where I'm Going! is playing on both televisions (I'm pretty sure I found the right scene to match this screenshot). You can also make out the name 'Pressburger' on one of the posters in this screenshot, but we'll get to that later. . .

The family name on the mausoleum where Aziraphale and Crowley hide out with Elspeth and Wee Morag is Archers. It's never clearly seen in the show, but it can be seen in this BTS photo of the model used for Crowley's embiggening. The Archers was the name of Powell and Pressburger's production company. The interior of the tomb and the urns outside the full-size set also reference the Archers, and Powell & Pressburger individually.

In Mr. Arnold's record shop, one of the posters on the wall is for a UK music tour; either the band or the tour is titled Met By Moonlight. This is referencing Ill Met By Moonlight (1957), the final film Powell & Pressburger made together. (I personally think this one is a reach, as the title of the film is a line from A Midsummer Night's Dream and thus not really clockable to the outside viewer as a direct Archers reference, but apparently the intent was there so we're counting it!)

The Pressburger posters are more clearly visible during the Gabriel and Beelzebub rendezvous scene in The Resurrectionists pub. We can see they advertise 'Pressburger Scottish Lager,' which is of course a nod to Emeric Pressburger himself. (Unclear if Michael Powell has his own label that we just don't get a clear view of. . .)

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I clocked a couple of these myself, but they are all referenced in the X-Ray trivia on the Prime Video player. Would love to know if anyone has clocked anymore that aren't divulged. . .