Michael Powell: Early Works Blu-ray New Release The great director speaks frankly

The great director speaks frankly of both his professional and personal life

These two films—a tale of time travel told in still images and a journey to Africa and Japan—remain his best-loved and most widely seen

Feel the animosity as an aging former child star (Bette Davis) wages war on the crippled ex-movie star sister (Joan Crawford) she shares a house with

Lewis also looks at the film's production history revealing real gangster backstories and how its success would alter Hollywood

multiple new cast & crew interviews

Michael Powell: Early Works Blu-ray New Release The great director speaks frankly'Michael Powell: Early Works' (1931 1944) BFI Blu ray Throughout the 1930s, director Michael Powell honed his craft on a succession of modestly budgeted feature films produced under the United Kingdoms screen quota system. Many of these titles remain lost but, those which survive, reveal a burgeoning talent that readily established Powell as one of British cinemas leading lights. This new 2 disc collection brings together five of those early films