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A Matter of Life and Death

matter of life and death
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Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Starring: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Plot Sypnosis:

After miraculously surviving a jump from his burning plane, RAF pilot Peter Carter (David Niven) encounters the American radio operator (Kim Hunter) to whom he’s just delivered his dying wishes and, face-to-face on a tranquil English beach, the pair fall in love. When a messenger from the afterlife arrives to correct the clerical error that spared his life, Peter must mount a fierce defense for his right to stay on earth—painted by production designer Alfred Junge and cinematographer Jack Cardiff as a rich Technicolor Eden—climbing a wide staircase to stand trial in a starkly beautiful, black-and-white modernist heaven. Peppered by humorous jabs intended to smooth tensions between the wartime allies Britain and America, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s richly humanistic A Matter of Life and Death traverses time and space to make a case for the transcendent value of love.

Release Details

Movie Release Year: 1946
Tech Specs & Release Details

Length: 104
Specs: Blu-ray
Video Resolution/Codec: 1080p/AVC MPEG-4
Aspect Ratio(s): 1.37:1
Audio Formats: English LPCM Mono
Special Features: PLUS: An essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek