MICHAEL POWELL: EARLY WORKS [BLU-RAY] REGION B

Product & Description

During the early to mid-1930s, director Michael Powell (The Red Shoes, Peeping Tom) honed his craft on a succession of modestly budgeted feature films. Many of these titles remain lost, but those that survive reveal a burgeoning talent that readily established Powell as one of British cinema’s leading lights. This new two-disc collection brings together five of those early films directed by Powell, newly remastered by the BFI National Archive, including murder mysteries, sensational thrillers and a comedy crime caper. Discover the formative works of a filmmaking icon, available on Blu-ray for the first time.

The Films:

Rynox (1931, 47 mins)

Hotel Splendide (1932, 53 mins)

The Night of the Party (1934, 63 mins)

Her Last Affaire (1936, 68 mins)

Behind the Mask (abridged version of The Man Behind the Mask) (1944, 56 mins)

Special Features

Newly remastered from original camera materials and presented in High Definition

Newly recorded audio commentaries by Marc David Jacobs (Rynox, Behind the Mask), Lawrence Napper and Dom Delargy (Hotel Splendide), Dr Josephine Botting and Vic Pratt (The Night of the Party), and Ian Christie (Her Last Affaire)

Riviera Revels - Travelaughs No. 1 and No. 10 (1927, 26 mins total): Powell himself appears in these rare short comedy curiosities from the silent era, with optional audio commentary by Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film at the BFI

Inside the Archive: Riviera Revels (2024, 12 mins): Bryony Dixon explores the origins of Riviera Revels and Michael Powell's work on them

Inside the Archive: The Early Films of Michael Powell (2024, 42 mins): a new documentary exploring the BFI National Archive’s role in rediscovering and remastering the early films of Michael Powell

Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell (2023, 41 mins): new documentary exploring some of Michael Powell’s unrealised films

Interview with Erwin Hillier(1988, 26 mins, audio): In these extracts from an interview recorded by the British Entertainment History Project, cinematographer Erwin Hillier recalls working with Michael Powell

The Archers in Argentina(1954, 21 mins):Michael Powell and an international film-star entourage are captured on camera at an Argentinian film festival in this home movie footage shot by Emeric Pressburger, with optional audio commentary by Marc David Jacobs 

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