Part of Made In England: Powell and Pressburger x6 and Music City Mondays
Cinema’s quintessential backstage drama, as well as one of the most glorious Technicolor feasts ever concocted for the screen. Moira Shearer is a rising star ballerina torn between an idealistic composer and a ruthless impresario intent on perfection. Featuring outstanding performances, blazingly beautiful cinematography by Jack Cardiff, Oscar-winning sets and music, and an unforgettable, hallucinatory central dance sequence, this beloved classic, dazzlingly restored, stands as an enthralling tribute to the life of the artist. (Synopsis courtesy of Criterion Collection)
“Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1948 dazzler may be the movies’ most vivid demonstration of the power of color cinematography.” ––Jim Ridley, Nashville Scene
“A sumptuous romantic fable whose reputation has only grown over the decades, thanks partly to endorsements from the likes of Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, THE RED SHOES is a ravishingly shot visual poem that ranks among the best loved works of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.” —Stephen Dalton, The Times (UK)
“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, Wall Street Journal