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Specifications
| Format | Blu-ray |
| Condition | New |
| Label | BFI |
| Region Code | Region B |
Discover five early films by acclaimed British director Michael Powell (The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death, Peeping Tom).
Throughout the 1930s, director Michael Powell (The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death, Peeping Tom) honed his craft on a succession of modestly budgeted feature films produced under the United Kingdom’s screen ‘quota’ system. Many of these titles remain lost but, those which survive, reveal a burgeoning talent that readily established Powell as one of British cinema’s leading lights. This new 2-disc collection brings together five of those early films directed by Powell, newly remastered by the BFI National Archive, including murder mysteries, sensational thrillers and a comedy caper. Discover the formative works of a filmmaking icon, available on Blu-ray for the first time.
The Films:
- Rynox (1932, 47 mins)
- Hotel Splendide (1932, 53 mins)
- The Night of the Party (1934, 63 mins)
- Her Last Affaire (1936, 68 mins)
- Behind the Mask (aka The Man Behind the Mask) (1936, 55 mins)
- Five newly recorded audio commentaries by Marc David Jacobs (Rynox, Behind the Mask), Lawrence Napper and Dom Delargy (Hotel Splendide), Dr Josephine Botting and Vic Pratt (The Night of the Party), and Ian Christie (Her Last Affaire)
- Riviera Revels – Travelaughs No.1 and No.10 (1927, 26 mins total): Powell himself appears in these rare short comedy curiosities from the silent era, with optional audio commentary by Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film at the BFI
- Inside the Archive: Riviera Revels (2024, 12 mins): Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film at the BFI national archive, explores the origins of Riviera Revels and Michael Powell's work on them
- Inside the Archive: The Early films of Michael Powell (2024, 42 mins): a new documentary exploring the BFI National Archive’s role in rediscovering and remastering the early films of Michael Powell
- Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell (2023, 41 mins): new documentary exploring some of Michael Powell’s unrealised films
- Interview with Erwin Hillier (1988, 26 mins, audio): in these extracts from an interview recorded by the British Entertainment History Project, cinematographer Erwin Hillier recalls working with Michael Powell
- The Archers in Argentina (1954, 21 mins): Michael Powell and an international film-star entourage are captured on camera at an Argentinian film festival in this home movie footage shot by Emeric Pressburger, with optional audio commentary by Marc David Jacobs
- Illustrated booklet featuring contributions from James Bell, Marc David Jacobs, Lawrence Napper, Pamela Hutchinson, Ian Christie, Bryony Dixon, Dr Josephine Botting and Kieron Webb
This Blu-ray is Region B, meaning it will only play on Blu-ray players from Europe, Australia, or a region-free player. If you're in North America, you'll need a region-free Blu-ray player to watch it.
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