A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
This British classic from the great Powell and Pressburger dazzles in Technicolor, blending romance, whimsy, and postwar reflection in this deeply humanistic meditation on life and love. <em>Part of the series <a href="/technicolor-series">The Wonderful World of Technicolor</a>, a seven-week celebration of Technicolor’s most dazzling achievements, showcasing the films that define cinema’s golden age of colour. The Tuesday evening screening will be introduced by series curators Adam Cook and Hilary Jay.</em> After miraculously surviving a fall from his burning plane, fighter pilot Peter falls in love with June, the radio operator who had received his would-be last words—only to be confronted by a celestial messenger who informs him that his life was spared by mistake. Facing heavenly trial, Peter must make his case for why he should keep his life. One of only two films in our series produced outside Technicolor’s Hollywood stronghold, <em>A Matter of Life and Death</em> is a dazzling example of the process in the hands of its greatest British masters, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, who shift between vivid colour and pearly monochrome to distinguish the world of the living from the afterlife—a conceit lovingly echoed by Wes Anderson in <em>The Phoenician Scheme</em> earlier this year. Beneath its whimsical fantasy lies a deeply humanistic meditation on life, love, and hope in the wake of WWII, rendered with wit and unforgettable visual style.RomancePT1H44MRated G2026-01-25David Niven
Kim Hunter
Roger Livesey
Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger
Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)"A Matter of Life and Death (1946)"Showtimes
January 25, 1:20 pm
January 27, 6:00 pm
January 29, 4:10 pm
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