The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Comments

  • Josianne 2023-09-23 02:32:52

    The story of Epic! From 1902 to the end of World War II, the friendship that spanned more than half a century between the two world wars was vividly displayed by the British on the big screen. Another combination of Powerll and Pressburger, Black Narcissus, Hongling Yan Hundred Battles General, this is the ultimate use of Technicolor! General Candy's old age dress is so good, so natural that it leaves no traces. Kerr actually played three...

  • Josiane 2023-09-17 23:22:54

    The scheduling of several closed spaces in P&P is very advanced. There are no fixed shots and direct close-up switching, forcing the audience to actively feel the dialogue in the tension, pay attention to the performance (to stimulate their imagination and sense of participation), and then create a panoramic scene, release the spatial information, and then Further intensify the mood with camera scheduling. A plot spanning 40 years, 160 minutes is not too...

  • Abigayle 2023-09-14 15:37:00

    The war of the nobles is over, and the next is the war between...

  • Kurt 2023-08-26 06:39:38

    a love letter to...

  • Gabe 2023-08-23 03:29:15

    Le génie de MP et EP fait de ce propagande de guerre traitant le code moral militaire un film au Technicolor flamboyant d'une densité historique et humaine rare. Un chef d'oeuvre baroque qui séduit par sa splendeur visuelle résistant au temps comme la beauté de...

  • Catharine 2023-08-07 12:55:35

    you in England took five years to find out you were wrong, Colonel Blimp old...

  • Nolan 2023-08-03 20:27:25

    There's a better subtitle I might finish watching~ The picture is so...

  • Letitia 2023-08-02 00:10:37

    In 1943, before World War II ended, the film was somewhat radical in nature. The three lead actors are superb. The humour and corruption inherent in British cinema begins with...

  • Beulah 2023-07-24 18:19:01

    Fast paced and colorful. After two wars, friendship across national borders, and the sadness and relief of the hero at the end, the 40 years of ups and downs are both warm and bitter. It's fun to fall into the bath to open up memories and shoot a beast head at the...

  • Demarcus 2023-07-20 05:52:23

    Went to see Powell's restored version on Sunday morning, Beautiful is the word - and then all the films today were...

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  • Adam 2022-10-14 22:24:48

    [Film Review] The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) 8.2/10

    This Powell-Pressburger's pièce de résistence, which eulogizes the quintessential “Englishness”, is a lavish moonshot on show, not least for its renowned Technicolor sumptuousness that transmogrifies studio-bound fakery into manufactured imagery of an eyeful. The titular Colonel Blimp, a beloved...

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp quotes

  • Murdoch: Anything wrong, sir?

    Clive Candy: Murdoch, the war is over. The Germans have accepted the terms of the armistice; hostilities cease at 10 O'clock. It's nearly that now. Murdoch, do you know what this means?

    Murdoch: I do, sir. Peace. We can go home. Everybody can go home.

    Clive Candy: For me, Murdoch, it means more than that; it means that right is might after all. The Germans have shelled hospitals, bombed open towns, sunk neutral ships, used poison gas, and we won -- clean fighting, honest soldiering have won. God bless you, Murdoch.

    Murdoch: Sir.

  • Colonel Goodhead: If we don't know what we are doing, the enemy certainly can't anticipate our future actions.