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| The Tales of Hoffman |
'The Archers', as Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger called themselves, are amongst the greatest collaborations in the history of cinema. Their romantic films combine music, dance, painting, literature and photography with the most cinematic of imaginations.
Wed 12 Oct 7pm
The Edge of the WorldMichael Powell, 81 mins, UK, 1937Powell's first major film deals with the inevitable evacuation of a inhabitants of a desolate Shetland Island.
Wed 12 Oct 8.30pm
The Tales of HoffmannPowell/Pressburger, 127 mins, UK, 1951Powell and Pressburger's influential, dazzling and offbeat adaptation of Offenbach's opera of a student plagued by bizarre dreams.
