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The Red Shoes is one of the best-looking movies ever, and blends multiple moods and styles with balletic grace.
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These faults, if faults they be, may well be outweighed by the beauty of the ballet sequences and music, by the skill with which Mr Powell always uses colour, and by Miss Shearer's endearing charm. March 9, 2015 | Full Review…
These faults, if faults they be, may well be outweighed by the beauty of the ballet sequences and music, by the skill with which Mr Powell always uses colour, and by Miss Shearer's endearing charm.
George Campbell Dixon
A lingering, calf-eyed look at backstage ballet's little world of overworked egos and underdone glands. March 9, 2015 | Full Review…
A lingering, calf-eyed look at backstage ballet's little world of overworked egos and underdone glands.
The Red Shoes was shot in three-strip Technicolor, a process that's no longer used because of expense and technical complexity, but one that yielded some of the most spectacular images in cinema history. October 23, 2010 | Full Review…
The Red Shoes was shot in three-strip Technicolor, a process that's no longer used because of expense and technical complexity, but one that yielded some of the most spectacular images in cinema history.
Joe Morgenstern
The shoes have never been redder. The color of passion that drenches the Technicolor world of The Red Shoes has been restored to its original luster. March 2, 2010 | Full Review…
The shoes have never been redder. The color of passion that drenches the Technicolor world of The Red Shoes has been restored to its original luster.
Jonathan F. Richards
No wonder Britain, still rationed in color, food, and feeling in the wake of an exhausting war, could not cope with what the movie proposed. Catch it here now, and you will not just be seeing an old film made new; you will have your vision restored. February 1, 2010 | Full Review…
No wonder Britain, still rationed in color, food, and feeling in the wake of an exhausting war, could not cope with what the movie proposed. Catch it here now, and you will not just be seeing an old film made new; you will have your vision restored.
Anthony Lane
What a cast, and what superbly florid but controlled direction. Unequalled Technicolor photography from Jack Cardiff. too. December 11, 2009 | Rating: 5/5
What a cast, and what superbly florid but controlled direction. Unequalled Technicolor photography from Jack Cardiff. too.
Derek Malcolm
On the whole, it is a fine motion picture, missing greatness through too many defects. However, the Ballet of the Red Shoes, is one of the finest sequences ever shown on any screen, anywhere. June 23, 2020 | Full Review…
On the whole, it is a fine motion picture, missing greatness through too many defects. However, the Ballet of the Red Shoes, is one of the finest sequences ever shown on any screen, anywhere.
Dudley Early
The Red Shoes (1948, UK) is a beautiful and sensitive post-war film - the 10th collaboration from the masterful and respected British directing/producing team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger... September 29, 2019 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
The Red Shoes (1948, UK) is a beautiful and sensitive post-war film - the 10th collaboration from the masterful and respected British directing/producing team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger...
Tim Dirks
With every viewing, it deepens, excites, elicits and emotes. June 30, 2019 | Full Review…
With every viewing, it deepens, excites, elicits and emotes.
Michael J. Casey
... a film of dark fantasy, romantic passion and an infectious love of dance, music and cinema. The dance sequences are among the most beautiful put on film... but the drama behind the curtain is even more interesting. August 26, 2017 | Full Review…
... a film of dark fantasy, romantic passion and an infectious love of dance, music and cinema. The dance sequences are among the most beautiful put on film... but the drama behind the curtain is even more interesting.
Sean Axmaker
...takes art very seriously-as a matter of life and death, in fact... May 2, 2017 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
...takes art very seriously-as a matter of life and death, in fact...
Sarah Boslaugh
To isolate any one element of The Red Shoes is to miss its unique ability to convey a kind of total effect similar to that brought about by dream, or music, or memory. March 9, 2015 | Full Review…
To isolate any one element of The Red Shoes is to miss its unique ability to convey a kind of total effect similar to that brought about by dream, or music, or memory.
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