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Jerry Andrus spent a life dealing with magic and inventions. This documentary features an extended interview with him while he shows off many of the devices that he patented during a life that lasted nearly ninety years. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
PG, 43 min.
Documentary, Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Special Interest
Nov 1, 1946 Wide
Jun 24, 2008
Universal Pictures
All Critics (23) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (20) | Rotten (1) | DVD (5)
What today's audiences will find amazing is the sheer energy of its invention.
Although it's undeniably a great-looking film, I just found A Matter of Life and Death to be too harebrained to take seriously as a piece of important cinema.
Though the writer-directors and the actors may be the first names you notice, the cameraman also helped A Matter of Life and Death become one of the most moving movies ever made.
The duo put so much care and love into the film that in the end we know they're right: Love really is the greatest of all virtues.
In spite of its thematic bleakness, A Matter of Life and Death succeeds in being a sparkling fantasy picture ....
A Matter of Life and Death / Age of Consent Michael Powell Collector's edition review.
(The filmmakers') creativity is both fantastic and organic, their imagery spellbinding and gorgeous, and their scripting clever and witty.
Pretty bizarre fantasy set in WWII era starring David Niven.
A very pleasing fantasy film from the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
One of the most enchanting movies you'll ever have the pleasure to see.
A lament for the dead and an exquisite fairy tale for the living. I would have loved to have been a Brit in the time when this movie was released. Rarely do you see such national pride on display with such heart and such technical majesty that you forgive the moments that could be seen as pro-west propaganda.
November 30, 2011
Super Reviewer
Yet another magnificent, beautiful film from the Archers. I'm starting to run out of ways to properly convey the genius of Powell/Pressburger's ouerve. A Matter of Life and Death just continues to prove that their canon is truly one of cinema's greatest treasures. Their visual imagination knows no bounds -- every frame
November 12, 2011
Super Reviewer
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