samkydd

Yes he said "I always start my day with a bowl of Special K!"

"...the chairman of Littlewoods stores made a Keynote speech!"

Steve Crook

Nothing audible. He was probably upset about being interrupted in reading his book.

Steve

moonfleet

For sure, the best comedy I've seen since many years !...Each time I watch it again, I discover new(funny) statements or understatements( even the "start tittle" is funny, when the name of the two actors stay a little long);it's a very "dense" movie, a tense drama too: when they querell, the whirpool scene, the curse (which is very strong, as anyone knows).

Thanks to Bertrand Tavernier to" incite" for reading Michael Powell's Memories, that made me discovering -IKWIG- (I tried first to buy it with Britmovie's commercial links but was out of stock, so I bought it in Taïwan (4euros!). The chinese subtitles are hopefuly optionals; and here Iam....

And it was done 63years ago !, in condition of war times !....as good ones stay (and improve) over the years ( idem for the awfull ones unfortunately).
M.

"Very difficult !" "Craazy!"

moonfleet

3 weeks of uninterompted rain; it's very rare around here...
That's why, for the moment, I enjoy reweving IKWIG for the 17th time, because when a scot captain saw a gale coming, he said: "Sublime day !"....So, it helps.
As raining so much, some people say it's the end of the world !
Sci-Fi movies were right !!.....But if John Huston is Noa, it's O.K for me!
M.

"Very difficult !" "Craazy!"

moonfleet

James Mason says in his "memories" that he didn't enjoy the Pandora's set an it's director, Albert Lewin. In part because of having to wear a tuxedo under the beach sun...
That made me think, about also for reasons of "comfort", he refuses (fortunately) to play the part of T.Mac Neil in IKWIG, and, on the other way, Roger Livesey wanted it most ( and he was so right). Good equation; thanks ever to the strong curse....
M.

"Very difficult !" "Craazy!"

Steve Crook

There's a better quality version (although a bit more expensive) available at Amazon France. It's part of a set of Powell & Pressburger films released by L'Institut Lumière.

They are all "language friendly" in that the film and all the extras are either in English with French subtitles or in French with English subtitles.

There are a series of interviews running through all their DVDs with Bertrand Tavernier and with Thelma Schoonmaker (Powell's widow and Scorsese's 3 time Oscar winning editor). Thelma talks about the people involved in the film, Bertrand talks about the film itself and about film-making at the time when it was made.

They all have other extras as well, each film is produced as a double-DVD, one with the film on it and the other with the extras on it.

The IKWIG DVD has some "home movies" of Micheal Powell walking the hills of Scotland and Thelma talking about his love of Scotland. It also has an interview with French sailor Roland Jourdain talking (en Français) about sailing in the Western Isles and the real whirlpool that exists there.

There is also a 48 page booklet (also en Français)

Steve

rskershaw

I'd very much like to see this.

Tavernier is a bit of a hero after seeing "These Foolish Things" a bit back.

And what's all this about me having me leg off?

Steve Crook

Well they've also done 49th Parallel, Colonel Blimp, A Canterbury Tale, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes & Peeping Tom in the same series. As I said Bertrand Tavernier and Thelma Shoonmaker do a piece on each DVD (2 DVDs per film) to make a complete series. They make a very nice series all together. Some places sell them singly, some sell them in two boxed sets, one with 4 films, the other with 3.


Bertrand Tavernier knew and admired Powell & Pressburger. He even gave Powell a small role in Que la fête commence... (1975) when Powell was all but forgotten by most people. Tavernier interviewed Powell when he was a critric

See Filmmakers on film: Tavernier on A Matter of Life and Death and Interview de Michael Powell par Tavernier en 1968
Tavernier wrote some reviews as well. See Blimp, Powell, Pressburger et la poèsie déguisée par Bertrand Tavernier


Bertrand Tavernier's film Daddie Nostalgie (1990) [aka These Foolish Things] was dedicated to Powell (mentioned at the beginning and end)

Steve

rskershaw

I must watch it again. I saw it the once back on it's original release.

And what's all this about me having me leg off?

moonfleet

Thanks for the links to Powell/Tavernier interview, en français en plus !
I know the french edition by l'Institut Lumière, they are beautiful coffrets...
Yes, about "Que la Fête Commence", B.Tavernier said that M.Powell was shot playing the part off Law, the banker, but the scene was cut off finaly, and there is no more negatives....
M.

"Very difficult !" "Craazy!"

moonfleet

It's almost an initiatic story, as Jean and Torquil had "in speed" initiatics tests that got them more and more closer definitly. He seems to "know" as soon as he saw her, and will do anything to get closer, as in the same time, she'll do anything to move away (...with a good reason: she got to be maried !)...
The "cigarette" scene is just a beautiful love scene.....
M.

"Very difficult !" "Craazy!"

moonfleet

The first encounter of Joan and Torquil, when she says "But I intend to spend the night on Kiloran !", he replies "Oh !".....is fun because she doesn't know, at this time, that Torquil is also Kiloran.....
From the begining to the end, this film has not a single boring sequence.
Moon.

"Very difficult !" "Craazy!"

penfold

You know, I've seen this film dozens of times, and have never thought of this as being a double entendre as we say in England. I must be more innocent than I thought....

Bit of a Bay Window, what??

Steve Crook

I never noticed that either. I innocently thought he was just surprised at the way she was so bluntly stating her intentions

A round of applause for spotting that

Steve

moonfleet

I'm addicted !!!!....just speaking of the film, and I wanna watch it again !!
Is it grave Dr Crook ???

Moon.

"Very difficult !" "Craazy!"