Best five films from British Directors (Part One A to J)

Best five films from British Directors (Part One A to J) May 29, 2017 22:44:05 GMT angel likes this

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Post by london777 on May 29, 2017 22:44:05 GMT

May 29, 2017 19:16:24 GMT angel said:

May 29, 2017 14:32:54 GMT london777 said:

I know it's your thread therefore your rules but I wonder if you would consider Henry Cornelius as a possible contender. I know he was South African born but he did direct some pretty quintessentially British films in Britain like Passport To Pimlico, (one of my favourite Ealing comedies), The Galloping Major and Genevieve and not a lot anywhere else.

I embrace Henry Cornelius with enthusiasm for five reasons:

1) I like your attitude: "your thread therefore your rules". You will go far!
2) In his day white British Empire citizens were regarded as "British" (and still are by the alt-right in the UK)
3) The poor guy died at 44. Who could refuse him a mention?
4) He made Genevieve, an emblematically English movie
5) He was assistant producer and script doctor on It Always Rains on Sunday (1947), possibly my favorite English film outside of Powell and Pressburger. Anyone who contributed to that masterpiece deserves UK citizenship, a season ticket to Lords, and a complimentary carton of Marmite.

He only directed five films. The Galloping Major (1951) is heavy-handed and Next to No Time (1958) a bit twee, but Genevieve (1953), Passport to Pimlico (1949) and I Am a Camera (1955) are all good.

Thanks for drawing my attention to him.