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A.L. Kennedy The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Paperback) BFI Film Classics. Publisher: BFI Publishing. Series: BFI Film Classics. Winston Churchill hatedThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, and tried to have it banned when it was released in 1943. It’s a film about desires repressed in favour of worthless and unsatisfying ideals. Further DetailsTitle: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Condition: New Description: Winston Churchill hated The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp , and tried to have it banned when it was released in 1943. But Martin Scorsese, a champion of directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, considers it a masterpiece. It’s a film about desires repressed in favour of worthless and unsatisfying ideals. And it’s a film about how England dreamt of itself as a nation and how this dream disguised inadequacy and brutality in the clothes of honour. A. L. Kennedy, writing as a Scot, is fascinated by the nationalism which The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp explores. She finds human worth in the film and the pathos of stifled emotions and unfulfilled lives. ‘If he is unaware of his passions, ‘ she writes of Clive Candy, the film’s central figure, ‘this is because his pains have become habitual, a part of personality, and because he was never taught a language that could speak of emotions like pain.’.This edition includes a foreword by the author exploring the film's continuing relevance in an age of Brexit, when English and British national identity are deeply contested concepts. Author: A.L. Kennedy EAN: 9781838719104 Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781838719104 Item Height: 190mm Item Length: 135mm Language: English ISBN-10: 1838719105 Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Genre: Films & TV Item Width: 6mm Publisher: BFI Publishing Release Date: 05/28/2020 Item Weight: 168g Series: BFI Film Classics Release Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
