PG | 1h 44min | Fantasy, Romance, Comedy | 1946
At a critical moment in “Stairway to Heaven,” 1946 (later titled “A Matter of Life and Death”), a character quotes Sir Walter Scott and says, “Love is heaven and heaven is love.” Around that foundational belief, screenwriter-producer-director duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger build their memorable comedy-fantasy film. They then illustrate, as comically as possible, that in spite of this aspirational common ground, the earth is nothing like heaven.
