The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Comments

  • Angelita 2022-10-17 06:53:52

    It is said that the producer gave up on knighthood to make this...

  • Bernita 2022-10-14 23:05:56

    Ravishingly...

  • Jarvis 2022-10-14 21:10:05

    An epic epic, a great friendship, two true gentlemen. The exquisite flashbacks, running through World War I and World War II, are the legend of the generals and horses' life, and also the flash of the spirit of the times, shining with the brilliance and warmth of infinite humanity. The assessment of the Nazis is very accurate, and at the same time, it reflects the essence of World War II: this is not a gentleman's...

  • Nicklaus 2022-10-14 18:42:57

    comedy? epic? war? Can't get caught up in any kind of brilliance. Powell is attentive to detail scheduling and carving and Pressberg's script that perfectly combines romance, irony and philosophical thinking. The story spanning 40 years did not catch me for a second. On the one hand, it was the combination of cleanliness, fast rhythm and dense lines that I did not covet in one place; pleasure. Moreover, it is a war movie without frontal war scenes. The root of war and politics is human...

  • Pat 2022-10-14 18:09:56

    1. A masterpiece! Condensing the 40 years of a general's life, two main lines: the eternal friendship between two British and German officers, and General Candy's lifelong infatuation with a woman (image), plus three major wars. 2. The play is exquisite, with a ring-shaped structure linked end to end, and key time and space are selected to unfold. Although the connected scenes overlap, the perspectives are different. 3. Cross-border friendship, which begins with a fair and ritualized duel and...

  • Pearlie 2022-10-14 17:01:03

    It's very beautiful, and the acting and makeup props are very good, but it's a bit difficult to position. The time span is 40 years, and there is such a grand background as World War I and World War II, but it does not feel epic. It's a personal growth story, but the characters haven't changed much. There are reflections from World War II on World War I, and regrets for the death of chivalry, but they are not the point. The length is very long, and I feel that there are too many results I want...

Extended Reading
  • 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

  • Frau Von Kalteneck: Theo knows only two English expressions: "very much" and "not very much." Right, Theo?

    Theo: Very much.

  • Clive Candy: The Kaiser spoke - and the Prince of Wales spoke ...

    Edith Hunter: Spoke about what?

    Clive Candy: Nobody could remember.