FilmShaft was at a very special screening of Michael Powell’s seminal classic, Peeping Tom, at BAFTA this evening. The film is being re-released in cinemas later in the month before rolling out on Blu-ray. On Monday we’ll be launching a competition giving away three copies of the notorious flick, so do come back!
This special BAFTA screening was graced by the greatest living film director and Powell obsessive, Martin Scorsese. Not only that. Scorsese’s long time editor and Mrs. Michael Powell, Thelma Schoonmaker, was also in attendance. Not only that. The film’s ninety year old editor, Noreen Ackland, was in attendance. Talk about amazing!
It was Scorsese’s passion for the films of Powell and Pressburger that reignited the pair’s critical reappraisal. Powell and Pressburger were never into social realism or typical British stuff. They were expressionists and dramatists interested in pure cinema. In 1960, Powell...
This special BAFTA screening was graced by the greatest living film director and Powell obsessive, Martin Scorsese. Not only that. Scorsese’s long time editor and Mrs. Michael Powell, Thelma Schoonmaker, was also in attendance. Not only that. The film’s ninety year old editor, Noreen Ackland, was in attendance. Talk about amazing!
It was Scorsese’s passion for the films of Powell and Pressburger that reignited the pair’s critical reappraisal. Powell and Pressburger were never into social realism or typical British stuff. They were expressionists and dramatists interested in pure cinema. In 1960, Powell...
- 11/5/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
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