So goes the famous line from Powell & Pressburger’s classic romantic fantasia A Matter of Life and Death (1946), in which the stark monochrome of the after-life acts as a striking counterpart to the bold, rich colours of the world of the living.
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Here’s a few highlights…
A former detective with a fear of heights is hired to follow a woman apparently possessed by the past, in Alfred Hitchcock’s timeless thriller about obsession.
Wed 6 – Thu 7 Dec
In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s visually ravishing masterpiece, a young ballerina is torn between the demands of love and art.
Fri 15 – Mon 18 Dec
Join us in the spectacular historic surrounds of The Mount Without, the gorgeously converted grade II listed church on St Michael’s Hill, for an unmissable evening celebrating Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s gothic masterpiece Black Narcissus.
Wed 20 Dec 19:00
American ballerina Suzy Bannion arrives in Germany to study at the prestigious Tanz Dance Academy. But when a series of murders and a variety of other inexplicable events begin to pile up, Suzy realises her new school houses a terrifying secret.
Fri 8 – Sat 9 Dec
Love is rescued from the jaws of the afterlife in the Archers’ delirious World War II air-pilot fantasia.
Fri 1 – Sat 2 Dec
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