TCM, 8 PM ET, "THE RED SHOES" 1948 Classic Great British movie with Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook,
Marius Goring and Leonid Massine of the Ballet Russes. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, The Archers, noted in the British film industry like Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean and Carol Reed.
The classic film centers around an ingenue ballerina, Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) a flame-haired beauty who loves Julian, the young music composer (Goring) but dances for an older, obsessive impresario director of the Ballet Troupe, Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook). The ballet director is reminiscent of the demanding genius and world known Sergei Diaghilev, founder of the Ballet Russes.
The young ballerina in love tale begins in London, then travels to a villa in the South of France on the Cote d'Azur Mediterranean and Monte Carlo. The fantastique story is based on the well known fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson of a young girl enchanted with a pair of red shoes.
The film's visual beauty, fantasy story, modern jazz dance scenes, surrealist and cubist stage sets, and emotional power create a timeless masterpiece. Nominated for 5 Academy Awards; Won 2, Best Music Score and Best Art Direction and Set Decoration.
NYT Critics Pick with A.O. Scott: Review of "The Red Shoes" (1948). Video, 3:30 mins.
*Roger Ebert Review, 4 out of 4 *
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-red-shoes-1948
Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Shoes_(1948_film)
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career, director Michael Powell's "The Red Shoes" (1948). Scorsese spent three years restoring the beautiful color classic made by British cinema group The Archers. "The Red Shoes" a is Technicolor dream assisted by the artistic genius of cinematographer giant Jack Cardiff and the excellent directors, team and casting.
The cinema and central figure, actress Moira Shearer received positive reviews but the film was initially slower than expected in post War Britain. But when it moved to New York it played to popular crowds for two years. The film has grown over time in appreciation and is considered one of the most artistically creative and greatest films of the 20th century.
For decades after it's introduction, "The Red Shoes" renewed interest in ballet and dance classes in the US particularly. It also inspired Gene Kelly's scenes in "An American in Paris" (1951). Nominated for 5 Academy Awards, winning two, Best Musical Score and Best Art Direction and Set Decoration, it is the favorite film of American director Martin Scorsese who first saw it as a young boy.
*NYT: MARTIN SCORSESE ON HIS 2009 RESTORATION OF "THE RED SHOES" (1948)
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/cinema-as-music-martin-scorsese-on-the-red-shoes/
