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Old 15th March 2011, 08:38 AM
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It was probably lines like that that rubbed the critics up the wrong way which, with the lurid Eastmancolor photography, makes everything look enhanced and (in certain scenes) tacky and a little dirty. This was all done on purpose because there were areas of London that looked exactly like that but, as the critics hadn't been there, they reacted extremely badly.

It's a shame, but it's good to hear Thelma Schoonmaker say that Michael Powell never regretted making the film even though it irreparably damaged his career.
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