Longtime admirer Martin Scorsese said that whenever he saw the Archers' logo of an arrow hitting the bullseye of a target before a film, he 'felt the way other children felt when they saw the Walt Disney logo’ and knew that he ‘was going to see something strange and wonderful and slightly hysterical'.
Iconoclastic, risk-taking, unafraid, responsible to no-one but themselves, Powell and Pressburger created films that have enchanted countless audiences and inspired numerous filmmakers. Their best films get more compelling, strange and beautiful as the years pass.
Along with old favourites, this set features a first UK DVD release of The Tales of Hoffmann, their fantastical version of Offenbach's opera, and the stunning restoration of Black Narcissus which brings fully to life its magnificent artifice.
English subtitles on all films apart from A Canterbury Tale
DVD Extras
Interviews: 'The Battle of the River Plate': Jack Cardiff (Cinematographer) and Stephen Fry
Documentaries: 'The Red Shoes': Documentary and Featurette. 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp': Documentary. 'A Matter of Life and Death': Short Film about Jack Cardiff
Gallery
Film Description
Eleven of the very best films from the directorial partnership.
Features The Tales of Hoffman (1951), Black Narcissus (1946), A Matter of Life & Death (1946), The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I am Going (1945), 49th Parallel (1941), The Battle of the River Plate (1956), Ill Met By Moonlight (1957), They're A Weird Mob (1966) and The Red Shoes (1948).
