Sunday 13 June 2021

A Canterbury Tale (1944 Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)

There's these scenes... Like when Dennis Price comes over to interview Eric Portman, where something very subtle happens. Because of the way the script turns, and the shot sizes and positions change, and the sprinkles of music, you suddenly find you're somewhere else, like alchemy. There's no other film, not even a P&P film, like it.

We went this way for a Charlie Hawtrey double bill. Actually, John Slater's in both too.




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