A Matter of Life and Death: Powell and Pressburger Part 4

If you were making a film about the afterlife, would the next world be in monochrome or technicolor? In their season 7 finale, Mike and Dan answer this question as they talk about Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death (1946), which Mike contends has "all the things that make a movie great" and which Dan describes as a "beautiful hallucination-like all the best films."  The Wizard of Oz, The Matrix, The Shining, and an idea from Robert Frost's "Birches" all find their way into the conversation. So recite the works of Sir Walter Raleigh, freeze that table-tennis game, and give it a listen!   Please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and follow us on YouTube, Twitter and Letterboxd. Please rate and review the show on Apple podcasts and contact us at [email protected]. Incredible bumper music by John Deley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices