The Red Shoes
Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric PressburgerIn this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.
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The Red Shoes Ratings & Reviews
- zombiemosesMay 3, 2025A beautifully shot tale about what we are willing to do for art.
- Rowan KrzysiakFebruary 12, 2025If you watch this darling of British cinema you get about 3 or 4 films in one. The chase of the promising young upstarts looking to make it in the ballet world. The performance to end all performances. Then an aftermath of passion and tragedy. They all look to evoke something different and all on the whole succeed with the performance being especially astonishing. If you have a calm afternoon with a couple of hours to fill, seek it out.
- VarunOctober 19, 2024God this is one of the greatest movies ever made. The 15 minute performance mid movie is hands down one of the best film experiences of my life, it is utterly breathtaking and ethereally beautiful, I felt like my soul was transported to a new dimension. In fact, throughout the film I felt like every aspect of the movie was working to sculpt my soul with various different emotions. I’m not very familiar with ballet, I’ve seen tons of contemporary dance performances but pure ballet is something out of this world. The pointed angles, the precise grace of transition between movements, each pose brimming with expression, it also stirred in me imaginations of pretty birds like the swan and flamingo. The fast paced movements of the legs reminded me of the fluttering of a bird’s wings, the frames of a moving fan, and the infinite array of dividing fractals that I’ve seen on psychedelic trips. The performances are brilliant from every single actor, the dialogues are sharp and engaging, the set pieces are truly wonderful and the script and pacing are perfect. This is a flawless mesmerising movie that everyone must see, and I highly recommend getting your hands on a copy of the 4K UHD Blu-ray restoration by Criterion.
