The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 10, 2018

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp runs two and three-quarters hours and takes place over forty years. The former’s passage is sublime, the latter’s is subtle. Directors Powell and Pressburger bookend the film in the present, then flashback. The lead at the start of the film is James McKechnie....   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on June 7, 2016

Edith Hunter of THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP 6/7/2016 12 Comments Every once in a while some film fan will regale me with some tale o' love and obsession with some film star or character, insisting upon   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on July 28, 2014

Jul 28 Posted by aaronwest THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, POWELL AND PRESSBURGER, 1943 “BUT THE WAR BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT!!’ frustratingly exclaims General Wynne-Candy, known to the film audience as Colonel Blimp. There are a lot of points to the Powell and Pressburger epic, and the most potent   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on July 28, 2014

Jul 28 Posted by aaronwest THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, POWELL AND PRESSBURGER, 1943 “BUT THE WAR BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT!!’ frustratingly exclaims General Wynne-Candy, known to the film audience as Colonel Blimp. There are a lot of points to the Powell and Pressburger epic, and the most potent   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on July 28, 2014

Jul 28 Posted by aaronwest THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, POWELL AND PRESSBURGER, 1943 “BUT THE WAR BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT!!’ frustratingly exclaims General Wynne-Candy, known to the film audience as Colonel Blimp. There are a lot of points to the Powell and Pressburger epic, and the most potent   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 28, 2011

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1943) Structured a lot like Lawrence of Arabia, a film that constantly reminds The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp even if Lawrence was made twenty years later, Colonel Blimp feels fresher and deserves as much if not...   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

Coronel Blimp: Vida e Morte (1943) / The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) ESTE ARTIGO TEM SPOILERS THIS ARTICLE HAS SPOILERS “A guerra começa à meia-noite!” Mesmo com esse protesto, o General Clive Candy é levado como prisioneiro de um grupo de soldados ingleses em trei   read more