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Line 1: {{work\|wppage=A Matter of Life and Death (film)}} ~~{{work}}~~ [[File:dyw0hd.jpg\|frame]] ''[[A Matter of Life and Death]]'' (1946) is a romantic fantasy film set in [[World War II]] by the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It was originally released in the United States under the title ''Stairway to Heaven'', which was derived from the film's most prominent special effect: a broad escalator linking the Other World and Earth. Reversing the convention of ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)\|The Wizard of Oz]]'', the supernatural scenes are in black and white, while the ones on Earth are in Technicolor. In 2004, ''A Matter of Life and Death'' was named the second greatest British film ever made by the magazine ''Total Film'' in a poll of 25 film critics, behind only ''[[Get Carter]]''. {{tropelist}} ~~=== This Movie Contains Examples Of: ===~~ * [[All Just a Dream]] -- We are told it is, probably. * [[Balancing Death's Books]] -- June is told during the trial that if she wants Carter to live she must be prepared to take his place, because ''someone'' has to die. Line 13: * [[Deliberately Monochrome]] -- The scenes on Earth are in full color, while those in Heaven are in black and white. ** [[Lampshade Hanging\|Lampshaded]] by Conductor 71. {{quote\| '''Conductor 71:''' One is starved for Technicolor up there.}} * [[Eagle Land]] -- Farlan is a classic type one with a [[Patriotic Fervour]], persuaded eventually to become something of a type 3. * [[Jury of the Damned]] -- The jury of dead souls initially selected by Farlan is designed to be biased against the English. Line 20: * [[Or Was It a Dream?]] -- The obligatory counter point to the [[All Just a Dream]] narration * [[Our Angels Are Different]] -- Officious and incompetent (and [[Acceptable Targets\|French]]) * [[Patriotic Fervour]] -- Farlan is more offended by Carter daring to fall in love with an American woman than by his defying ~~heaven~~Heaven. * [[Stairway to Heaven]] -- '''[[Trope Namer]]''' * [[The Power of Love]] -- The big question, is the power of love alone enough to outweigh the weight of heaven and history. Ultimately it is the most powerful force in the universe. Line 27: {{reflist}} [[Category:Films of the 1940s]] [[Category:The Forties]]▼ [[Category:A Matter of Life and Death]] [[Category:Fantasy Films]] [[Category:The Criterion Collection]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Matter of Life and Death, A}} ▲[[Category:~~The Forties~~Film]]