Recorded in 1988, this commentary features director and coproducer Michael Powell and his longtime friend and admirer Martin Scorsese. Powell reminisces about the production and his unique relationship with his filmmaking partner, Emeric Pressburger, while Scorsese provides analysis and discusses the impact that the Archers have had on his own career.
French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier has long championed the films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and he was close to Powell for many years. This introduction to BLACK NARCISSUS was recorded for the Institut Lumière in 2006.
In this 2006 interview, filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier recalls his friend the director Michael Powell and Powell’s stories about the making of BLACK NARCISSUS.