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Powell and Pressburger top films

	3 Powell And Pressburger Films - A Matter Of Life And Death / Life And Death Of Col. Blimp/I Know Where I'm Going [1946] [DVD] Buy new: £17.59 An absolute 'must have' for any PandP fan. 'A Matter of Life and Death' is an allegory on the nature of death. Classic.
	The Red Shoes - Plus Documentary [DVD] [1948] Buy used from: £6.29 Not just for dance fans, it's a comment about the nature of fame that is still relevant. The score is hypnotic.
	Black Narcissus [DVD] [1947] Buy used from: £5.00 Haunting, sensual and you would SWEAR it was filmed on location and not in the studio.
	Peeping Tom [DVD] [1959] Buy used from: £4.98 Maybe the first of the psychological thrillers. Find parallels with modern ones like 'Se7en', 'Kiss the Girls'.
	49th Parallel [DVD] [1941] Buy used from: £2.50 Viewed these days this seems like blatant propaganda. Essential viewing for media historians. Contrast with...
	A Canterbury Tale [DVD] [1944] Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.65 Their view of England and why we were fighting in WWII. Eric Portman is suitably suave and menacing in the same breath.
	I Know Where I'm Going [DVD] [1945] Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £2.50 PERFECT rainy Sunday afternoon film. Open the choccies, grab an hanky and prepare to be seduced by Mull.
	The Small Back Room [DVD] [1949] Buy used from: £9.87 Often overlooked, but worth if for Jack Hawkins alone. Wait for the climax!!
	Gone To Earth [1950] [DVD] Buy used from: £61.42 Another one with overtones of the supernatural. Wales never looked better.
	Ill Met By Moonlight [DVD] [1957] Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £2.47 Slightly better than average war film based on real events. Bogarde is good and Crete is better.
	The Battle Of The River Plate (Digitally Remastered Edition) [DVD] [1956] Buy new: £5.38 / Used from: £1.91 Classic naval battle movie. Play 'Spot the real footage' and 'Spot the models'.
	Powell and Pressburger: A Cinema of Magic Spaces (Cinema and Society) by Andrew Moor Buy new: £17.94 / Used from: £15.79 Pub. March 2005. Already on my wish list, the definitive guide.