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book		Arrows of desire : the films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger / Ian Christie London Boston: Faber and Faber, 1994. Call No: 802(41) CHR Author: Christie, Ian, 1945 Edition: New ed Place: London Boston Publisher: Faber and Faber PubDate: 1994 PhysDes: xx, 163 p. : ill. ; 22 cm Subject: PRESSBURGER, EMERIC; Powell, Michael; KORDA, ALEXANDER; ARCHERS, THE Summary: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger formed the greatest creative partnership in the history of British Cinema - The Archers. Their films were often controversial: Churchill tried to suppress the release of The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Later, The Red Shoes and The Tales of Hoffman startled and enchanted cinema audiences with their use of colour, form and music. In the last ten years the magic, poetry and passion of their work has been acknowledged around the world and they are firmly in the pantheon of film masters Notes: Originally published : London : Waterstone, 1985; Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-119) and index; Filmography (p. [120]-157) ISBN: 0571162711 (pbk) LON: 10846724 More info
festival catalogue		Athens international film festival : April 25 - May 3, 1986 / Athens international film festival US: [s.n.], 1986. Call No: FESTIVAL CATALOGUE SHELVES Place: US Publisher: [s.n.] PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: 63 p. : ill. ; 28 cm Subject: FESTIVALS. USA [VARIOUS]; HOLLYWOOD RT: USA; FOREIGN FILMS USE: IMPORT OF FILMS; Powell, Michael Notes: The Athens international film festival includes a selection of feature length films, short films, animated films and documentary films. Highlights of the festival include a Michael Powell retrospective and a New French Cinema program. The catalogue also includes film summaries and numerous black and white stills. More info
Interim book		The British cinema book / edited by Robert Murphy London: bfi Publishing, 2001. Call No: 71(41) BRI Author: Murphy, Robert, 1947- Edition: 2nd ed. Source: UK Place: London Publisher: bfi Publishing PubDate: 2001 PhysDes: 336 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: UNITED KINGDOM; ASSOCIATED BRITISH PICTURE CORPORATION; ANDERSON, LINDSAY; Powell, Michael; PRESSBURGER, EMERIC; FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (UK, Mike Newell, 1994) Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.; Previous ed.: 1997. ISBN: 085170851X More info
Interim book		The cinema of Michael Powell : International perspectives on an English film-maker / Ian Christie & Andrew Moor (eds) London: British Film Institute, 2005. Call No: 81POW CHR Author: Ian Christie; Andrew Moor Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2005 PhysDes: 295 p. ; 24 cm Subject: MASCULINITY IN FILMS; WOMEN IN FILMS; WAR FILMS. UK; Powell, Michael; PRESSBURGER, EMERIC; CANTERBURY TALE, A (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1944); I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1945); MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, A (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1946); BLACK NARCISSUS (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1947); PEEPING TOM (UK, Michael Powell, 1960); THEY'RE A WEIRD MOB (AT, Michael Powell, 1966) Summary: The films of Michael Powell (1905-90) and Emeric Pressburger (1902-1988), among them I Know Where I’m Going! (1945), A Matter of Life and Death (1947) and The Red Shoes (1948), are landmarks in British cinema, standing apart from the realist and comic mainstream with their highly stylised aesthetic and their themes of romantic longing and spiritual crisis. Powell and Pressburger are revered by film lovers and film-makers (Martin Scorsese has called them ‘the most successful experimental film-makers in the world’). In this first ever collection of essays on Powell, an international group of scholars explore his film-making landscape, providing new readings of individual films, analysing recurrent techniques and themes, and relating these to contemporary debates about gender, sexuality, nationality and cinematic spectacle. Powell, with and without Pressburger, emerges as a film-maker of lasting originality and significance. [Taken from back of book.] ISBN: 1844570940 More info
book		A critical history of the British cinema / [by] Roy Armes London: Secker and Warburg, 1978. Call No: 71(41) ARM Author: Armes, Roy, 1937 Place: London Publisher: Secker and Warburg PubDate: 1978 PhysDes: [9], 374 p. : ill., ports ; 22cm Series: Cinema two Subject: UNITED KINGDOM; FREE CINEMA; RANK ORGANISATION; KORDA, ALEXANDER; Grierson, John; JENNINGS, HUMPHREY; BALCON, MICHAEL; Powell, Michael; DICKINSON, THOROLD; LOSEY, JOSEPH; KUBRICK, STANLEY; RUSSELL, KEN; LOACH, KENNETH; WATKINS, PETER Notes: Bibl.: p.345-355. - Index ISBN: 0436018020; 0436018039 (Pbk) LON: 2723294 More info
Online resource book		Directory of world cinema. Volume 3, Australia & New Zealand / edited by Ben Goldsmith and Geoff Lealand Bristol, UK: Intellect, 2010. Available at ProQuest (RMIT login required) Call No: 71(93) DIR Author: Goldsmith, Ben (ed.); Lealand, Geoff (ed.) Place: Bristol, UK Publisher: Intellect PubDate: 2010 PhysDes: 339 p. : ill. ; 30 cm Series: Directory of world cinema ; v. 3 Subject: AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD CINEMA; HOLMES, CECIL; Powell, Michael; WEIR, PETER; LUHRMANN, BAZ; HORROCKS, SHIRLEY; KOTHARI, SHUICHI; WARD, VINCENT; WHALE RIDER (NZ/GG, Niki Caro, 2002); PIANO, THE (AT, Jane Campion, 1993); WOLF CREEK (AT, Greg McLean, 2005) Summary: "This edition to Intellect's Directory of World Cinema series turns the spotlight on Australia and New Zealand. This ambitious volume offers an in-depth and exciting look at the cinema produced in these two countries since the turn of the twentieth century. Though the two nations share considerable cultural and economic connections, thier film industries remain distinct, marked by differences of scale, level of government involvement and funding, and relations with other countries and national cinemas. Through essays about prominent genres and themes, profiles of directors, and comprehensive reviews of significant titles, this user-friendly guide explores the diversity and distinctiveness of films from Australia and New Zealand from Whale Rider to The Piano to Wolf Creek. Notes: Includes bibliographical references ISBN: 9781841503684 Contents: -- acknowledgments -- Introduction : Australian cinema -- Directors -- Cecil Holmes (1921-1994) -- Michael Powell (1905-1990) -- Peter Weir (1944-) -- Baz Luhrmann (1962-) -- Disability in the Australian cinema -- Short films -- Bushranger -- War cinema -- Crime -- Prison -- Period -- Comedy -- Coming of age -- Horror -- Road movies -- Science fiction and fantasy -- Ozploitation -- New Zealand: Introduction : New Zealand film in 2009: Geoff Lealand -- Experimental film: Martin Rumsby -- Directors -- Shirley Horrocks -- Shuichi Kothari -- Vincent Ward -- Genre and themes -- recommended reading -- Australia & New Zealand cinema online -- notes on contributors -- URL status: URL: 'https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/rmit/detail.action?docID=584346' Checked: 31/08/2021 1:24:36 PM Status: Moved Details: HTTP status 302 - Moved temporarily More info
book		Emeric Pressburger : the life and death of a screenwriter / Kevin Macdonald ; foreword by Billy Wilder London: Faber and Faber, 1994. Call No: 81PRE MAC Author: Macdonald, Kevin, 1967- Place: London Publisher: Faber and Faber PubDate: 1994 PhysDes: xix, 467, [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm Subject: PRESSBURGER, EMERIC; ARCHERS, THE; Powell, Michael Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [434]-435 ISBN: 0571168531; 0571178294 (pbk.) LON: 10846727 More info
Levy Collection book		I know where I'm going : The book of the film / by Eric Britton, adapted from the film written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger London: Shakespeare Head, 1947. Call No: 81 IKN BRI Author: Eric Britton Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Shakespeare Head PubDate: 1947 PhysDes: 76, [10] p. : ill. ; 18 cm Subject: I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1945); HILLER, WENDY; Powell, Michael; PRESSBURGER, EMERIC Notes: At head of title: A production of the Archers; includes cast of characters, facts about the film, and notes on Roger Livesey, Wendy Hiller, Capt. Knight and Mr. Ramshaw the Golden Eagle. Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		a life in movies / Michael Powell London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. Call No: 81 POW POW Author: Powell, Michael Edition: 1986 Place: London Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: 704 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Subject: Powell, Michael ISBN: 9780394559353 More info
book		Magic hour / Jack Cardiff ; foreword by Martin Scorsese London: Faber, 1996. Call No: 81CAR CAR Author: Cardiff, Jack Place: London Publisher: Faber PubDate: 1996 PhysDes: xiv, 258 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm Subject: BOGART, HUMPHREY; Cardiff, Jack; FLYNN, ERROL; GOLDSTEIN, ROBERT; HEPBURN, KATHARINE; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; HUSTON, JOHN; MONROE, MARILYN; Powell, Michael; BLACK NARCISSUS (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1947); RED SHOES, THE (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948); PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (UK, Albert Lewin, 1951); PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL, THE (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1957); SONS AND LOVERS (UK, Jack Cardiff, 1960); WESTERN APPROACHES (UK, Pat Jackson, 1944) Notes: Includes index; Filmography: p. 245-248 ISBN: 0571192742; 0571192742 (pbk) : ¦9.99 : Formerly CIP Order Received: 1998 LON: gb 97048661; 13333870 More info
book		Michael Powell / article and interview by K.Gough-Yates Brussels: Filmmuseum, 1973. Call No: 81POW POW Author: Gough-Yates, Kevin Place: Brussels Publisher: Filmmuseum PubDate: 1973 PhysDes: 48p Subject: Powell, Michael LON: nun00326763; 4114578 More info
book		Michael Powell in collaboration with Emeric Pressburger [London]: British Film Institute, [1971]. Call No: 81POW GOU Author: Gough-Yates, Kevin Place: [London] Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: [1971] PhysDes: [18] p. ; 26 cm Subject: Powell, Michael; PRESSBURGER, EMERIC Notes: Cover title; "Filmography--Michael Latham Powell": p. [2] ISBN: 0851700063 LON: 70483 More info
book		Million-dollar movie / Michael Powell London: Heinemann, 1992. Call No: 81POW POW Author: Powell, Michael, 1905-1990 Place: London Publisher: Heinemann PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: ix, 612 p. ill., ports ; 24 cm Subject: Powell, Michael Notes: Includes index; The second volume of his life in movies ISBN: 0434599476 LON: abn92354491; 9542933 More info
book		Million dollar movie / Michael Powell ; introduction by Martin Scorsese New York: Random House, c1995. Call No: 81POW POW Author: Powell, Michael Edition: 1st U.S. ed Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Random House PubDate: c1995 PhysDes: xxiv, 626 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: Powell, Michael Notes: Includes index; Filmography: p. [573]-605 ISBN: 0679434437 (acid-free paper) LON: 10900715 More info
book		Movies of the forties / edited by Ann Lloyd ; consultant editor David Robinson London: Orbis Publishing, 1982. Call No: 70 MOV Author: Robinson, David, 1930; Lloyd, Ann, 1945 Place: London Publisher: Orbis Publishing PubDate: 1982 PhysDes: 219 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1940's; ENFANTS DU PARADIS, LES (FR, Marcel Carne, 1945); HAWKS, HOWARD; BERGMAN, INGRID; ROSSELLINI, ROBERTO; VISCONTI, LUCHINO; DE SICA, VITTORIO; WELLES, ORSON; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941); LADRI DI BICICLETTE (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1949); WYLER, WILLIAM; GOLDWYN, SAMUEL; REED, CAROL; THIRD MAN, THE (UK, Carol Reed, 1949); Powell, Michael; GUINNESS, ALEC; KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (UK, Robert Hamer, 1949); Lean, David; HUSTON, JOHN; MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941); BOGART, HUMPHREY; GARFIELD, JOHN; HAYWORTH, RITA; KELLY, GENE; DONEN, STANLEY; GARLAND, JUDY; BALCON, MICHAEL; DISNEY, WALT; MCLAREN, NORMAN; WELLMAN, WILLIAM; STURGES, PRESTON; HEPBURN, KATHARINE; WALSH, RAOUL Summary: A look at film in the 1940s with short chapters devoted to films, filmmakers, actors and genres of the period, as well as reports on non-US cinemas. Notes: Includes index. Includes filmographies. ISBN: 0856134546 More info
personality microfilm collection		POWELL, MICHAEL Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTION PhysDes: Clippings Subject: Powell, Michael More info
book		Powell, Pressburger and others / edited by Ian Christie London: British Film Institute, 1978. Call No: 802.25 POW Author: Christie, Ian Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 1978 PhysDes: 124 p. ; 21 cm Subject: Powell, Michael; PRESSBURGER, EMERIC Notes: Published in conjunction with the retrospective [sic] presented by Film Availability Services, the National Film Archive and the National Film Theatre, Oct.-Nov. 1978 ISBN: 0851700861 LON: 2839023 More info
book		Screening Scotland / Duncan Petrie London: British Film Institute, 2000. Call No: 71(41) PET Author: Petrie, Duncan J., 1963 CorpAuthor: British Film Institute Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2000 PhysDes: 250 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm Subject: UNITED KINGDOM : SCOTLAND; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE CINEMA. UK : SCOTLAND; CHANNEL FOUR; DOUGLAS, BILL; FORSYTH, BILL; Grierson, John; BOYLE, DANNY; MACKENDRICK, ALEXANDER; Powell, Michael; MULLAN, PETER; MCDOUGALL, PETER; GRIGOR, MURRAY; CAUGHIE, JOHN; MACKENZIE, JOHN; BROTHERS, THE (UK, David MacDonald, 1947); SHIPBUILDERS, THE (UK, John Baxter, 1943); WHISKY GALORE (UK, Alexander MacKendrick, 1949); BRAVEHEART (US, Mel Gibson, 1995); BREAKING THE WAVES (DK/FR, Lars Von Trier, 1996); I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1945); MY NAME IS JOE (UK/GG, Kenneth Loach, 1998); ORPHANS (UK, Peter Mullan, 1997); RATCATCHER (UK, Lynne Ramsey, 1999); ROB ROY (US, Michael Caton-Jones, 1995); SHALLOW GRAVE (UK, Danny Boyle, 1994); TRAINSPOTTING (UK, Danny Boyle, 1996) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-237) and index ISBN: 085170784X(cased) : No price; 0851707858(pbk.) : ¦14.99 LON: 21532814 More info
Interim book		"To become immortal and then die" : The representation of home photographic materials in cinema / Adrian Danks Call No: 61[77] DAN Author: Danks, Adrian PhysDes: 233 p. ; 29 cm. Subject: AESTHETICS; PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA; AUTEUR THEORY; AVANT-GARDE FILMS; AVANT-GARDE FILMS. AUSTRALIA; EXPERIMENTAL FILMS; EXPERIMENTAL FILMS. AUSTRALIA; Powell, Michael; PRESSBURGER, EMERIC; BELLE NOISEUSE, LA (FR, Jacques Rivette, 1991); BADLANDS (US, Terrence Malick, 1973); SONG OF AIR (AT, Merilee Bennett, 1987); CANTERBURY TALE, A (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1944); PEEPING TOM (UK, Michael Powell, 1960); JFK (US, Oliver Stone, 1991); CALENDAR (CN/GG/AR, Atom Egoyan, 1993); WINDOW WATER BABY MOVING (US, Stan Brakhage, 1959) Summary: This thesis analyses the representation of 'home' photographic materials within a range of historically, aesthetically and generically diverse cinematic works. [Taken from thesis summary.] Notes: PhD thesis More info

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