This 1948 masterpiece from directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger has been restored with the help of one of my favorite directors Martin Scorsese.
The process took an extensive 2-year 4K digital restoration by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation, in association with the British Film Institute, ITV Global Entertainment Ltd and Janus Films. The restoration was funded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, The Film Foundation and the Louis B. Mayer Foundation.
Here are some of Martin Scorsese words introducing the film at the Cannes Film Festival as the Centerpiece of “Cannes Classics”:
“There's no question that it's one of the most beautiful color films ever made, and one of the truest to the experience of the artist, the joy and pain of devoting yourself to a life of creation."
