I could listen to Marty Scorsese talk about film all day.............................

Roger Livesey gives the performance of a lifetime. Should have received an Oscar nomination.

The greatness of Martin Scorsese is not only his ability to make outstanding films but his love and respect for what came before him , which in fact lives on in his creations as well.

"there is the lake,and I haven't changed......"

I think the biggest lesson to draw here is that the permanency of art always outlasts the temporary requirements and narrow interests of government and society.

I consider myself extremely lucky to have seen "Colonel Blimp" for the first time in my life, thanks to this channel (it was unavailable for decades), and immediately after, to watch Scorsese's review. This double bill was a memorable gift.

I never tire of watching Colonel Blimp. A superb film. Who can fail to be moved by Anton Walbrook's scene at the aliens registration interview?

Clearly Martin Scorsese is a great historian of cinema in addition to one of it's very finest directors. We are indeed very fortunate to have him as such an eloquent spokesperson to share his profound insights into the medium we all love.

12:13 - 13:09 - now that's a real filmmaker - sacrificing the knighthood, the accolades, etc for the movie. And what lives on, at the end? the movie! Bravo Michael Powell!

"I really hope you appreciate it" is the most genuine request a great artist can make. It speaks to the humility to be able to create for fellow human beings. Beautiful.

Livesey's performance is unsurpassable (Oliver's grandness would have overwhelmed the role - he still would have been very good, but Livesey's subtlety walks the fragile line between comedy and pathos); its a pity it is not regarded as one of the great films performance of the 20th century.

No one has ever possessed the knowledge and understanding of film that Scorsese has. His analysis bears the stamp of genius.

I have just finished watch "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" for the umpteenth time and each time is a fresh joy.

It is very clear in this introduction that no one understands cinema like Marty.

P&P's best film. Love it. My favorite British film ever.

From the moment I saw this film for the first time, it was immediately elevated, in my mind, to one of the greatest films ever made. Top 10. Maybe top 5.

A film that takes film to the level of the other great arts. Not alone. But one of them.

My jaw dropped within the first shot of the 4K restoration. Amazing. The fact that the movie is a masterpiece also helped lol

I saw this when I was ten to twelve, or as I will now say, 'Around the age Scorsese first saw it'. I couldn't work it out at all, but I knew I liked it a lot. Much later I met someone my own age who'd seen it at the same time and neither of us could say why, but we both knew it was one if our absolute favourites. It amuses me that Scorsese worked with Paul Schrader who was slightly obsessed with Yasujiro Ozu who also misses out seemingly vital action scenes like weddings and so on. Except Ozu critics have to say he elides them.

Scorcese does such great introductions to movies I didn't think I would be interested in... Going to watch this now, that scene of the pool and "40 years ago" is awesome.

The cut-down version was also the first version that I saw on TV in the 80s - the 'flashback' structure was dropped and it was in purely chronological order from 1903 to 1943. Not only that, but every 'damn' was covered by a 'click' sound that must have been the 1940s version of the 'bleep'! Imagine my thrill going to the Museum of the Moving Image in London in 1989 and seeing the tapestry that appears behind the opening and closing credits; but the MOMI is now closed - where is that tapestry now??

Absolutely love this film, such a heart warming story.

I love how the part where Scorsese says he look for it is juxtaposed with the scene where Blimp sees the nurse in WW1 ;)

Decades ago as a child.. I saw this movie somewhere.. and as Mr Scorsese says in the video.. 'it just stuck with me'. I couldn't get it out my head, it has a sort of atmospheric presence about it that just grabs you and you cant shake off. Every character is ultimately likeable even the little skunk Kaunitz. Years later with the advent of video tapes, I often searched for it but I never did find it. Then along came the internet. Sure enough I finally tracked down a grubby low resolution copy that I would infrequently watch. Whenever the subject of favourite movies came up with friends, my answer was always TLADOCB. No one and I mean NO ONE has ever even heard of it much less agreed with me. Until the other day.. I was watching a Casey Neistat video on youtube, not so much watching but it was playing in the background. Someone asked his favourite movie.. and his answer... TLADOCB!!! I couldnt believe it. Convinced I misheard I took it back.. There it was.. someone else with taste!! So today I thought.. maybe there are others out there who appreciate the movie as Mr Neistat and I do.. sure enough.. this video came up. So it appears as the video states around 10:50 .. We're part of a small but exclusive crowd of people with impeccable taste.

A magical film. I love the nostaglia of the early 20th century Berlin, the friendships that develop in the film in ways you don't expect, there's a lovely arc to it but it's much slower paced so it doesnt feel like its doing a familiar narrative. I just feel though the ending isn't the strongest.

A wonderful film from the masters of British cinema

I agree with the idea that this film needs to be seen more than once. I first saw it many years ago. (I don't know what version it was, or its length.) I thought it was interesting and entertaining. I saw it again several years later and enjoyed it much more. I thought I had changed more than the film!

Love this man and his passion for films and whst Criterion Collection represents for the art & industry of films.

Thanks for posting this. Wonderful.

Wow, that was unexpected, I just watch LDCB for the 2nd time in my life, so that was really special, thanks! ❤🎉😊😍

Thank God for Scorsese and his Film Foundation for restoring these classics and bringing the magic of Powell and Pressburger back into the public consciousness! ❤ check out his wonderful documentary, "Made In England", about his passion for the Archers films. You won't regret it!!

love old films

i have been a student of film [movies ] all of my life thank god for this one a gem of a story

LADOCB is a miracle of film. It feels like a gift from a higher power. To think young filmmakers today believe they are being innovative with timelines and drifting away from what would appear to be key scenes is proven laughable when you see this masterwork.

Such a wonderful appraisal of a truly great film by someone who can apricate the brilliance of the techniques of the film making, but is also clearly a big fan of the film.

Two marvellous films ! Congrats

Adding to my list of classic films on yoube

Raging Bull is by far Scorcese's greatest film....who else would dare shoot in B&W in 1982 and be able to pull it off? It is a classic and will live forever in cinematic history.

Wonderful film.

My favourite film

A great film, never tiered of watching it, as with Red Shoes and all the other great P&P films plus the colours are amazing. Anyone know where you can get a copy of the dance band number "I see you everywhere" played in the scene at the Bull Inn.

the hill b/w no soundtrack just a fine script that did the book justice in so many ways ; watch and learn 🎬

I thought I dreamt ''Whale Music'' with Maury Chaykin. Love that movie!

Might have known the establishment were against it's release. Disgusting.

A very special picture.

So interesting.

I am gratified to learn that my estimation of exactly why Churchill objected to the film was proven correct. He was trying to sell the British war effort as a noble crusade of English gentlemen against the thuggery of German Huns, and here were the Brits openly espousing exactly the same thuggery, instead of leaving it decently veiled in discreet hypocrisy. The sort of films he did favor, such as The Sea Hawk and Lady Hamilton, presents the English (even pirates!) in wartime as properly genteel and high-minded, and would have left no doubt to American audiences of the moral superiority of the English cause.

The life and death of Colonel Blimp The Red Shoes Black Narcissus A Matter of Life and Death I Know Where I’m Going! A Canterbury Tale The Small Black Room The Tales of Hoffmann Not to mention Powells solo Peeping Tom….. Powell and Pressburger could do no wrong

The greatness of Scorsese is how he directs everything to what he has done with the sheer modesty of a saint so that we walk away talking about his films. Yeah, that Blimp thing, well it points to Scorsese films and the greatness there in.... a precursor of what's to come.

The wartime resistance to the film being made is understandable - but only just - to our sensibilities is comes across as a very rousing film - not propaganda, per se, but of such emotional and ideological complexity one couldn't help but be stirred by Candy's evolution to 'fight on.'

What is this an extract from?

JUST been on today, likely as a filler during lockdown...if we read this a while ago we`d wonder what I was on about...of course there were such a thing..folms considered propaganda...not good for the masses..but perfect logic.

Thankfully he never got the K otherwise we wouldn’t have the film.

It's a film I've tried to watch several times but I just can't seem to do it. After about 20 mins. I've had enough. It's the OTT acting style, the theatrics, the shouting....at least you can hear what they are saying, not like the mumbling today. So I don't know the story or what all the fuss is about. Perhaps one day the moment will come when I settle down and watch the complete film.

This clip tells more about THE RAGING BULL than about BLIMP.

I bought Colonel Blimp on laser disc decades ago after watching Richard Dreyfuss praising it. Laser discs were expensive, and this was more expensive than most. I found the movie to the boring.

It's a treat to hear a master film maker talk about making films.

Those people of today who denigrate the heroic deeds of RAF Bomber Command in WW2 should watch this film and this speech in particular. Germany represented an absolute existential threat to the civilised world. Any and all measures necessary were deployed to crush the heinous actions and ambitions of National Socialism. I thank my father and his peers who fought and died in the achievement of this. National Socialism dressed in the clothes of ‘liberalism’ still lurks around the corner. We should remain ever vigilant.