How Long to Read Powell and Pressburger’s War

How Long Does it Take to Read Powell and Pressburger’s War?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 59 minutes to read Powell and Pressburger’s War by Greg M. Colón Semenza

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A focused study on Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's cinematic contributions to the war effort, arguing for the centrality of propaganda to their work as film artists. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger are widely hailed as two of the greatest filmmakers in British cinema history. The release of their first movie, The Spy in Black, barely preceded the beginning of World War Two, and a number of their early masterworks, including The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, A Canterbury Tale, and A Matter of Life and Death, were produced in the service of the war effort. Through exploring the relationship between art and propaganda, this book shows that Powell and Pressburger saw no contradiction between their aesthetic ambitions and their cinematic war work: propaganda imperatives were highly conducive to their objectives as both commercial cinema practitioners and artists. Drawing on production materials from the archives of the British Film Institute, this book charts three phases in Powell and Pressburger's wartime career: from first-time collaborators who strive to reconcile popular cinematic forms with developing notions of what constitutes effective propaganda; to accomplished, and sometimes controversial, propagandists whose movies center upon Britain's relations with its enemies and allies; to filmmakers whose responsiveness to the propaganda requirements of the late war is matched by a focus, shared by the Ministry of Information, on what the post-war future would bring.

How long is Powell and Pressburger’s War?

Powell and Pressburger’s War by Greg M. Colón Semenza is 289 pages long, and a total of 74,851 words.

This makes it 98% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Powell and Pressburger’s War Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 49 minutes to read Powell and Pressburger’s War aloud.

What Reading Level is Powell and Pressburger’s War?

Powell and Pressburger’s War is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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