The Duality of Alexander Mackendrick0

Alexander Mackendrick is one of the most dis­tin­guished (if fre­quently over­looked) direc­tors ever to emerge from the British film indus­try. He was one of the finest and least typ­i­cal direc­tors at Ealing Studios. Perhaps best known for the four come­dies, Whiskey Galore! (1949) and The Ladykillers (1955), satire, with The Man in the White Suit (1951), romance, with Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948). He made there, he nonethe­less cre­ated films of a rare black­ness, marked by a pes­simistic — albeit witty — vision of human cru­elty, cor­rupt­ibil­ity, and self-obsession. Watch the Great-Interview-With-Most-Popular-Stars-In-The-Movie-Business-Show-Young-And-Old with Pamela Soh.