A Matter of Life and Death (1946) Heaven scene

[quidseeker]

God that was cheesy......the dialogue was horrible. Like a bad episode of the Twilight Zone......

[r0dster01]

Fave line in the first few minutes, "oh, ahhh...do you have USO shows here?" "No, we don't"

"OK, we'll stay..." LOL!

[pvtpstr]

yanks in heaven? bloody hell!

[quidseeker]

@pvtpstr saucy saucy.......simmer down sassanach

[Eedgit]

I just love this movie

Seems like god does negotiate after all :)

[Northside777]

I love how this film beings - (before the excerpt seen here) - deep in outer space with a tour of the galaxy finally moving toward Earth and then right down into the cockpit if Peter Carter's burning Lancaster bomber. In the sequence you posted, its also fun when the Americans (Yanks from Brooklyn) show up and of course, Coca-Cola managed to install a coke machine even in Heaven's waiting room, which they immediately spot.

[SatchmoSings]

Fucking Brits; how dare they show Americans this way.

[bantermelon]

@SatchmoSings Go watch The Patriot and pleasure yourself to that yank.

[SatchmoSings]

@bantermelon At least I can and do pleasure myself rather than rape my own ass.

Yeah, the Brits in WWII; "They're undersexed, underpaid and under EISENHOWER!"

Go bomb and kill another 600,000 people, (all without atomic weapons, mind you) you sick pervert.

[bantermelon]

@SatchmoSings I dont believe yoi dont rape your own ass. yeah bombing and killing people without atomic weapons. Didnt the yanks do that in Vietnam when they dropped more bombs than the first and second world war combined? oh and still ended up losing lol

[SatchmoSings]

@bantermelon During World War Two, the ration of toilet paper for a British bomber-crew member was three sheets a day; for an American bomber crew member, it was twenty-two sheets a day. (I'm not making this up.)

I see you and your nation still haven't recovered from this and you never will.

[bantermelon]

@SatchmoSings and you are talking about toilet paper? whats wrong with you? You obviously only care about trivial little things. Obviously with your attitude the only place you like fighting is on the internet. If you want to talk about bombing the Nazis killed thousands of citizens in spain by bombing them before the war started and also bombed London during the 'Blitz'. And yet again in Vietnam the yanks sprayed chemicals on civilians as well as nuking thousands of CIVILIAN japs in world war 2

[SatchmoSings]

@bantermelon With only three sheets of toilet paper a day for a British bomber crew member, you took it out on Germany where you killed 600,000 German CIVILIANS by terror bombing.

Jolly good show, ay-wot?

[bantermelon]

@SatchmoSings we did the night bombings whilst the americans did the day bombings. Now listen to me boy because you obviously have not spent a lot of time thinking about the war. Hundreds of thousands of British servicemen died fighting facism which ended with uncountable civilian deaths. Hitler wanted to fight to the last bullet fired even by boys, women and old men. We didnt have to fight Hitler but we did so dont criticize the men who gave their lives.

[SatchmoSings]

@bantermelon Hundreds of thousands of Americans also died in this war, and for you Brits to show your American allies as a bunch of Coca-Cola swilling, jitterbugging dilettantes is disgusting and shameful.

I suggest you watch the film "Twelve O'Clock High" to see what American bomber crews more realistically went through, rather than this revolting and bigoted little vignette.

[blackwingy]

@bantermelon Now men, take 'er easy there! Funny: this film was made specifically to smooth over the exact "Brit vs. Yank" attitudes you're bringing up-and that existed as the war wound down. If you watch the entire film you'll see the whole thing played out and presented very wittily and I think very fairly, considering Michael Powell was as english as it gets, and it's his(and Pressburger's)film.

Me? I think it's a masterpiece. Coca-cola and all.

[SatchmoSings]

@SatchmoSings This scene should be struck from all known prints of this film along with the print negative; it's a needless insult.

[26cab40]

@SatchmoSings

Fuck off, just imagine you're English and then go and watch almost any portrayal of them in ANY American film.

Fair pisses me off.

Find a heroic, good, decent one, you fucking won't.

All English are posh & gay, or Cockney and stupid.

You don't have ANY grounds to complain halfwit.

[SatchmoSings]

@26cab40 I have no idea what you're talking about other than you're angry.

Please continue living in mom's basement, jerking off all day when you're not flipping burgers; I thank you.

[26cab40]

@SatchmoSings

Oxygen thief

[SatchmoSings]

@26cab40 Self-ass raper; you're English and you can't even use your own language properly!

Oh well, pass the blame for that too, on a Yank!

[1994paramorefan]

i love this movie.thanks for puting it up mutikonka

[linebackertwo]

Thats gotta be a B-17 crew rolling here! Great film!

[SatchmoSings]

@linebackertwo Yeah, and fuck the Brits for showing that as they did.

[waaaaam]

Props, or wings?

[PleaseLookAtMyCock]

Excellent and timeless film. "Do what thou wilt shalt be the whole of the law."

[snaplesugar]

I remember seening this on TCM and just fell in love with it. I thought it was clever and creative and had some great parts of humor interjected here and there.

[Cats4693]

i asgree wit u chiggs

[annegh]

Un des plus beaux films de l'histoire d cinéma !

J'adore !

[APRIL141958model]

Oui, vous avez verite Monsieur! Tres excellent film! Merveilleux! Pardon moi sil'vousplait, Je parle ne pas bon Francaise.

[jayabaroo]

The Mother of all Art Films and the best film ever, light years ahead of its time.GEE BEE

[mart77scole]

It is called "A matter of life and death" made by Emeric Pressburger in 1946, an absolute classic.

[justneedcandy]

"It's heaven, isn't it?"

Is there a better British film than this?

[Chiggs58th]

This ain't no film. It's actual magic. Pure magic. Whenever I watch it I just get the strangest feeling. I believe this film has some kind of real magical or supernatural power. I'm not joking.

[jayabaroo]

Yes it is magic its spiritual the nearest thing to heaven,saw it has a kid and never tired just gets better.GEE BEE

[SEANSMART30]

me too

[quidseeker]

@Chiggs58th adjust your meds mate.

[AJNorth1]

When Martin Scorsese paid for the partial restoration of "A Matter of Life and Death" in the early '90s, it played theatrically in a local art-house and I rediscovered a half-remembered treasure from childhood, originally seen on an old B & W television (imagine the experience of seeing Jack Cardiff's Technicolor photography for the first time - and on the Big Screen). Thus began in earnest my acquaintance with The Archers, who crafted some of the finest films ever made, this heading the list.

[madmomentsgo]

a really good classic movie.

[HypatiaTheon]

After all, what is time? A mere tyranny.

[peterdcarter1]

prop or wings?

[Gerzzo]

Finest movie ever made.

[ConstanceMarkiewicz]

Oh I love this film!!!

Possibly my favourite....would love to see it on the big screen

[freddage91]

Fuck me richard attenborough can't have been a day older than 25 in this

[mutikonka]

You obviously haven't seen "In Which We Serve", made two years earlier, where he plays the panicky naval rating.

[JubalCalif]

@freddage91

Well, I'll pass on fucking you (appreciate the offer though) but I do agree that Richard Attenborough looks incredibly young in this mid 40's classic. And this was BEFORE he played the sadistic teenaged gang leader Pinkie in "Brighton Rock"!

[robinbanks999]

I love, LOVE this movie, the dialogue between Niven and his doctor is wonderful.

[Barn0]

"Bad luck old boy" Perfect. Wonderfully ahead of its time visually and acoustically beautiful.

[airdale1sorry]

The greatest film ever made.

[akathasamurai]

Damn, if Iron Maiden named an album after this movie, it must be good.

[mutikonka]

Trubshawe was the name of Niven's closets friend in his early years, a chap who served with him in the highland Light Infantry. They shared a house together in Hollywood along with Errol Flynn. Trubshawe went on to play many minor roles in films in the fifties and sixties.

[lkofron]

Is there anything you don't know about this fantastic movie??!

[mutikonka]

It's all revealed in great detail at the Powell and Pressburger movie website (Google it).

[HisMajestyOKeefe]

Odd, Brian Trubshaw was the name of BA's top Concorde pilot, when landing at the opening of DFW Airport, he didnt know he had his mike keyed and was broadcasting all over DFW he saw the airport and said "God Damn, concrete must be free in Texas" My wife was there and heard it! what a hoot

Piere Troucout was the Air France co pilot that day

[bunnr]

wonderful

[Floridawop]

I love this movie and I own a copy, but look at the American bomber crew and look at the officer's hat. Is that an enlisted man's hat with an officer's insignia on it?

[mutikonka]

Dunno - I'm not a uniform expert. Look OK to me.

[mutikonka]

Yes, Bob Coote was a good mate of David Niven's apparently. They shared a house in Hollywood.

[s4mth16ngstr24nge]

nice shot of (dead?) pilot staring up in stunned bewonderment on 4 sec. mark. looks much better than the overrated bogus pseudo-hitchcockian/voyeuristi­c flick "peeping tom." this looks on par with "i know where i'm going." i want to see the latter two films i mentioned. seems not bad