A Matter of Life and Death (film) A Matter of Life and Death (film) A Matter of Life and Death is a 1946 British fantasy-romance film written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and set in England during the Second World War. The film stars David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter and Marius Goring. The film was originally released in the United States under the title Stairway to Heaven, which derived from the film's most prominent special effect: a broad escalator linking Earth to the afterlife. The decision to film the scenes of the Other World in black and white added to
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist the film. Kevin Thomas of the "Los Angeles Times" and Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" praised the film for its careful portrayal of Flanagan's struggles and his relationship with Rose. "The San Francisco Chronicle"'s Edward Guthmann said the film, "does a remarkable thing in presenting extreme, sometimes revolting material and simultaneously making us like and admire Flanagan. True, he was a madman and exhibitionist; but he was also a gifted writer who was committed to taking risks, confronting death and living life on his own terms." Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist Sick: The Life and