{"product_id":"9781838719104","title":"The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp","description":"Author: A.L.Kennedy\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781838719104\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Sep 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 88 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinston Churchill hated \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp\u003c\/i\u003e, and tried to have it banned when it was released in 1943. But Martin Scorsese, a champion of directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, considers it a masterpiece. It's a film about desires repressed in favour of worthless and unsatisfying ideals. And it's a film about how England dreamt of itself as a nation and how this dream disguised inadequacy and brutality in the clothes of honour. A. L. Kennedy, writing as a Scot, is fascinated by the nationalism which \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp\u003c\/i\u003e explores. She finds human worth in the film and the pathos of stifled emotions and unfulfilled lives. 'If he is unaware of his passions, ' she writes of Clive Candy, the film's central figure, 'this is because his pains have become habitual, a part of personality, and because he was never taught a language that could speak of emotions like pain.'.\u003cbr\u003eThis edition includes a foreword by the author exploring the film's continuing relevance in an age of Brexit, when English and British national identity are deeply contested concepts.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46619438186654,"sku":"UBD-9781838719104","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781838719104.jpg?v=1773899766","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781838719104","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}