{"product_id":"the-cinema-of-michael-powell-ian-christie-9781844570942","title":"The Cinema of Michael Powell: International perspectives on an English Filmmaker","description":"The films of Michael Powell (1905-1990) and Emeric Pressburger (1902-1988), among them\u003ci\u003eI Know Where I'm Going \u003c\/i\u003e(1945), \u003ci\u003eA Matter of Life and Death\u003c\/i\u003e(1947), and\u003ci\u003eThe Red Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e(1948), are landmarks in British cinema, standing apart from the realist and comic mainstream with a highly stylized aesthetic and themes of romantic longing and spiritual crisis. Film lovers and filmmakers alike revere Powell and Pressburger; Martin Scorsese has called them \"the most successful experimental filmmakers in the world.\" \u003cbr\u003eIn this first-ever collection of essays on Michael Powell, an international group of critics and scholars map out his filmmaking skills, provide new readings of individual films, and analyze recurrent techniques and themes, relating the latter to contemporary debates about gender, sexuality, nationality, and cinematic spectacle.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Christie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1844570940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844570942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.54w x 0.89d","brand":"Ian Christie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45896918892799,"sku":"9781844570942","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7470845e-d2e7-4b65-bced-cf6f51412621.jpg?v=1721372679","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cinema-of-michael-powell-ian-christie-9781844570942","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}