Interview With “Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger” Director David Hinton & Executive Producer Thelma Schoonmaker

The Next Best Picture Podcast

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4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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“Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger” had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, where it received rave reviews for delving into the films and careers of two of the greatest storytellers the medium as ever known: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. From “Black Narcissus” to “The Red Shoes,” to “A Matter of Life and Death,” to “The Tales of Hoffmann,” their collaboration inspired a generation and is still revered for their daring artistry to this day. Director David Hinton and Executive Producer Thelma Schoonmaker (and Powell’s widow wife) were both kind enough to spend a few minutes answering questions about the documentary, which is now playing at Quad Cinema in New York City and will open in Los Angeles at the Landmark’s Nuart Theater on July 26th with a national rollout to occur afterward. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You were listening to The Next Best Picture Podcast, and this is Dan Baird's interview with the director for Made in England, the films of Powell and Pressburger, David Hinton, and the film's executive producer, Films Schumacher.
0:13.2	Some of the very first moving images that I can remember seeing are from Michael Powell and Emmerick Pressburger.
0:20.3	I have never met a person who not only understood what I was driving at,
0:25.6	but guessed already half of it before I said it.
0:29.6	They were like experimental filmmakers working within the system.
0:36.6	Do we have a go at each other?
0:38.3	Not really.
0:39.3	In a few hours' time, he sees that I was right.
0:47.3	They want to go beyond everyday experiences and communicate what is deep and mysterious in our lives.
0:53.3	I love you, and communicate what is deep and mysterious in our lives.
0:59.8	I love you, June, your life, and I'm leaving you.
1:01.2	You said that because you love her.
1:02.2	I don't love anyone!
1:05.5	And it's something that no other art form can do.
1:07.0	It's pure film.
1:08.7	Everybody happy?
1:13.6	They wanted to hang on to their independence, and they suffered because of it. Why do you think it was so important to you to show somebody dying for their art?
1:18.6	I think because I would do it myself.
1:21.6	When I find it extraordinary that I knew Michael Powell, he was not only a support, but a guide.
1:29.1	And that always leads back to those films he made with Emmerich.
1:34.0	And I was just rejoicing that I was going to work with somebody like this.
1:38.2	What they offer is a vision of love, of longing and loss,
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