Why This Is Hell

It's slow work - I've been marking.


( X: Eyes of Laura Mars (Irvin Kershner, 1978) )

( XI: Pink String and Sealing Wax (Robert Hamer, 1946) )

( XII: Magnum Force (Ted Post, 1973) )

( XIII: The Enforcer (James Fargo, 1976) )

( XIV: The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressberger, 1948) )

( XV: The Gauntlet (Clint Eastwood, 1977) )




Totals 15 (Cinema: 3; DVD: 6; Television: 6)

XLI: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, A Matter of Life and Death (1945)

Lancaster pilot Peter Carter (David Niven) is trying to get his damaged plane back to base, knowing that his undercarriage is damaged and he hasn't got a parachute to bail out in. He makes radio contact with June (Kim Hunter), and decides he will jump - preferring to freeze than burn. However, he survives the fall and meets up with June, an attractive American.

Of course, he has cheated Death, who now comes after the other survivors of the crash, killing them in increasingly elaborate ways because the final face to face between Death and Carter. Much better than the rest of the trilogy.