The Red Shoes
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Thu 8 July 2010 // 21:00
(Thu 8th / 9pm / £4/3)
(Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger / 1948 / USA / 133 minutes / Cert. U)
Powell and Pressburgers' story of a ballerina's fatal obsession with her art is a milestone in the creative use of colour in film. Moira Shearer is the rising young ballerina who falls in love with a rising young composer. She must choose between him and a career possessively controlled by the impresario - and this story acts as a frame for the ballet. Jack Cardiff's fluid camera and bold use of colour created a unity from naturalistic, staged and dream sequences. Through the shoes, the hair and the stage lights, the emotions of the colour red are used to striking effect.
(Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger / 1948 / USA / 133 minutes / Cert. U)
Powell and Pressburgers' story of a ballerina's fatal obsession with her art is a milestone in the creative use of colour in film. Moira Shearer is the rising young ballerina who falls in love with a rising young composer. She must choose between him and a career possessively controlled by the impresario - and this story acts as a frame for the ballet. Jack Cardiff's fluid camera and bold use of colour created a unity from naturalistic, staged and dream sequences. Through the shoes, the hair and the stage lights, the emotions of the colour red are used to striking effect.