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Video Essay: Art Goes On Forever - A Tribute to Powell and Pressburger
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powell and pressburger’s gone to earth - 1950
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In Gone to Earth Powell uses symbolism rather than the cinematic alchemy of The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death. Sometimes the symbolism is rather heavy-handed, such as the half-made coffin that frames Hazel’s first entrance to the cottage she shares with her father, or the flowers trampled underfoot by the squire when he seduces Hazel…
Reblogged From davidkbalzer
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”[Gone to Earth (1950)] owed much to the star’s courage as an actress. Having crawled over rocky landscapes and slid down mountains in Duel in the Sun, and been lashed by tidal waves in Portrait of Jennie, [Jennifer Jones] was now required to climb Shropshire’s hills and race across open fields and countryside, often bare-footed. Powell paid handsome tribute to her devotion: ‘What a beautiful woman, great-hearted girl, inspired actress, restless soul!’”
Powell and Pressburger’s Gone To Earth - 1950
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”[Gone to Earth (1950)] owed much to the star’s courage as an actress. Having crawled over rocky landscapes and slid down mountains in Duel in the Sun, and been lashed by tidal waves in Portrait of Jennie, [Jennifer Jones] was now required to climb Shropshire’s hills and race across open fields and countryside, often bare-footed. Powell paid handsome tribute to her devotion: ‘What a beautiful woman, great-hearted girl, inspired actress, restless soul!’”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l24diurUvV1qbfqpeo1_r1_500.png)
