Another great film from the writing, producing, and directing team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. This is a riveting, visually inventive melodrama set in the world of ballet. The dance sequences are stunning, the three-strip Technicolor amazing. Moira Shearer, who did very little film acting, is perfect as the lead. I was lucky to see this on the big screen at The Brattle Theater. It's a recently restored print, the restoration overseen by Powell and Pressburger fanatic Martin Scorsese.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
The Red Shoes (1948)
Another great film from the writing, producing, and directing team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. This is a riveting, visually inventive melodrama set in the world of ballet. The dance sequences are stunning, the three-strip Technicolor amazing. Moira Shearer, who did very little film acting, is perfect as the lead. I was lucky to see this on the big screen at The Brattle Theater. It's a recently restored print, the restoration overseen by Powell and Pressburger fanatic Martin Scorsese.
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