tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871549895931317151.post4470849008286783907..comments2023-11-28T15:20:59.369-05:00Comments on Cinema Viewfinder: Blu-ray Review: The Red Shoes (1948)Tony Dayoubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04632329277519635858noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871549895931317151.post-60028153344417453282010-07-25T08:07:56.363-04:002010-07-25T08:07:56.363-04:00Mr. Ehrenstein, thanks for stopping by. You're...Mr. Ehrenstein, thanks for stopping by. You're right. I've seen THE RED SHOES 6 or 7 times and it always has an air of mystery around it, as suggested by an early scene you on which you zero in, "...where Vicky, dressed in an elaborate ball gown, a tiny crown on her head, goes to see Lermontov at the château he’s rented just outside town. Climbing an enormous staircase overgrown with weeds, she suggests the sort of fairy-tale heroine Cocteau would have created had he made <i>Beauty and the Beast</i> in color." (Readers wanting to read David Ehrenstein's lovely tribute to THE RED SHOES can find it <a href="http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1518-the-red-shoes-dancing-for-your-life" rel="nofollow">here</a>.)<br /><br />Kendra, I have to own up to not haveing seen that one, yet. Thanks for visiting the site.<br /><br />Kevyn, the new transfer looks glorious on Blu-ray. Watching it this time was even more fun because I introduced the film to my wife. She loved it, of course.Tony Dayoubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04632329277519635858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871549895931317151.post-26857196595640608672010-07-24T16:42:00.288-04:002010-07-24T16:42:00.288-04:00I remember when this film was restored and brought...I remember when this film was restored and brought out in a gorgeous print last year. I had seen the film many times already, but never in that kind of venue. Traveling to NYC (and more specifically the Village and Film Forum) from about three hours away, I was giddy the entire way. When the doors opened I found myself rushing into the theater and leaping into the front row - much like those young people did at the beginning of the Red Shoes. <br /><br />As I watched the film it seemed almost as if it were a religious experience, and I guess considering my love of cinema, it was a religious experience.<br /><br />Oh, and yes, I side w/ Lermontov too.Kevyn Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17840497589713234794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871549895931317151.post-77018596380405176992010-07-24T11:12:32.745-04:002010-07-24T11:12:32.745-04:00I love the Red Shoes and I love Powell and Pressbu...I love the Red Shoes and I love Powell and Pressburger. I think my favorite of their films is A Matter of Life and Death, which has yet to be released by Criterion (but hopefully it will be at some point).<br /><br />kendra<br />http://blog.vivandlarry.comKendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249077643561441898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871549895931317151.post-7262287968837560992010-07-24T10:37:10.964-04:002010-07-24T10:37:10.964-04:00Merci Monsieur Dayoub!
The more I look at The Red...Merci Monsieur Dayoub!<br /><br />The more I look at <i>The Red Shoes</i> the more mysterious it becomes. What Walbrook's imperious impressario Lermontov actually <i>wants</i> can't really be described. The images P & P create try to <i>show</i> it, but at the last it remains as elusive as the great Walbrook himself (the man who invented sunglasses at night.)DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871549895931317151.post-10994625869993517142010-07-18T11:57:59.280-04:002010-07-18T11:57:59.280-04:00Thanks for sharing your Criterion haul, Sam. I rea...Thanks for sharing your Criterion haul, Sam. I really think the Blu-rays of M and THE SEVENTH SEAL are glorious. Who says Blu-ray isn't for B&W or catalog releases. In my opinion, these classics often benefit the most from such enhancement.<br /><br />My list of purchases this week: BLACK NARCISSUS, CHE, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE LEOPARD, LOLA MONTES, PARIS, TEXAS, RIDE WITH THE DEVIL, and STAGECOACH on Blu, and THE FUGITIVE KIND and A WOMAN IS A WOMAN on DVD.<br /><br />Any readers who don't have much to say on THE RED SHOES are invited to share their own Criterion purchases (which I would love to hear).Tony Dayoubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04632329277519635858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871549895931317151.post-29359016617946291572010-07-18T10:54:12.160-04:002010-07-18T10:54:12.160-04:00It's obviously one of the cinema's great m...It's obviously one of the cinema's great masterpieces (as is BLACK NARCISSUS) and all of us fanaticle Criterion collectors will surely be taking advantage of the 50% off Criterion sale which was launched this past weekend, and will continue to early August. I picked up M, THE SEVENTH SEAL, CLOSE-UP, HUNGER and one or two others on blu-ray and both the Eclipse Oshima and Post war Kurosawa sets, as well as the Ozu set THERE WAS A FATHER/THE ONLY SON.<br /><br />Very timely piece here, Tony!Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871549895931317151.post-65121270044051020942010-07-16T13:00:53.788-04:002010-07-16T13:00:53.788-04:00Good choices. I don't know which of the two I ...Good choices. I don't know which of the two I like more, Chris.Tony Dayoubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04632329277519635858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871549895931317151.post-81253494346159829472010-07-15T16:35:34.959-04:002010-07-15T16:35:34.959-04:00I actually just picked this up on Blu-ray along wi...I actually just picked this up on Blu-ray along with Black Narcissus - cannot wait to get into it - Powell and Pressburger have always been a blind spot in my movie watching resume, even though every image I see from their films are completely arresting.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13600990166210022027noreply@blogger.com