
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. 1943. Great Britain. Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
These notes accompany the screenings of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s </i>The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp</a> on July 13, 14, and 15 in Theater 2.</p>
The idiosyncratic and overlapping careers of Michael Powell (1905–1990) and Emeric Pressburger (1902–1988) are arguably the strongest challenge to the auteur theory, which holds that a single artist, the director, is the primary creative force behind a film.