Full Version: The Red Shoes
Does anyone know when the newly restored The Red Shoes shown at Film Forum will be released on dvd?
Do distributors usually announce a dvd release date at the same time they premiere the film? Anyway, here's another NY Times article on the restoration, from Nov. 5.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/movies/0...html?ref=movies
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/movies/0...html?ref=movies
I saw the restored The Red Shoes this afternoon and the experience was breathtaking. The lush palette of Jack Cardiff has been magnified opulently but not so much that it submerges the story. As so many reviews have noted, the red of Moira Shearer's hair and luminosity of her creamy skin are more beautiful than ever. I was struck by the blazing scarlet of the red shoes themselves that made them pulsate with life. The ballet sequence was more engrossing than ever with Powell and Pressberger's imagery freshly cleaned up in the restoration. I also found Walbrook's and Massine's performances more compelling than ever; somehow Massine's character had more depth and Walbrook's Lermentov was scarier with his blue eyes fiery with megalomania, obsession and rage.
I urge everyone to see this gorgeously restored The Red Shoes. It's a very special experience of a film that we probably won't see made again in our lifetimes.
I urge everyone to see this gorgeously restored The Red Shoes. It's a very special experience of a film that we probably won't see made again in our lifetimes.
Did they restore the sound track as well? The trailer didn't sound as clean but maybe the movie did?
I noticed in a snippet somewhere, someone goes to offer her a drink during a rehearsal break and someone swoops over and says something along the lines of "Are you crazy? Do you want to spoil your breathing?"
What were they worried about?
I noticed in a snippet somewhere, someone goes to offer her a drink during a rehearsal break and someone swoops over and says something along the lines of "Are you crazy? Do you want to spoil your breathing?"
What were they worried about?
QUOTE (Amy Reusch @ Nov 12 2009, 10:06 PM) 
Did they restore the sound track as well? The trailer didn't sound as clean but maybe the movie did?
I noticed in a snippet somewhere, someone goes to offer her a drink during a rehearsal break and someone swoops over and says something along the lines of "Are you crazy? Do you want to spoil your breathing?"
What were they worried about?
I noticed in a snippet somewhere, someone goes to offer her a drink during a rehearsal break and someone swoops over and says something along the lines of "Are you crazy? Do you want to spoil your breathing?"
What were they worried about?
Amy,
The soundtrack didn't sound better, but about the same on the Criterion dvd.
QUOTE (Amy Reusch @ Nov 12 2009, 10:06 PM)
What were they worried about?
ANCIENT URBAN LEGEND OF BALLET DEPT.:
They feared that taking a cold or cool drink might produce "water heaves" from the shock of the cool fluid hitting the hot tissue. Largely nonsense.
QUOTE (MakarovaFan @ Nov 13 2009, 02:38 AM)
I saw the restored The Red Shoes this afternoon and the experience was breathtaking. The lush palette of Jack Cardiff has been magnified opulently but not so much that it submerges the story. As so many reviews have noted, the red of Moira Shearer's hair and luminosity of her creamy skin are more beautiful than ever. I was struck by the blazing scarlet of the red shoes themselves that made them pulsate with life. The ballet sequence was more engrossing than ever with Powell and Pressberger's imagery freshly cleaned up in the restoration. I also found Walbrook's and Massine's performances more compelling than ever; somehow Massine's character had more depth and Walbrook's Lermentov was scarier with his blue eyes fiery with megalomania, obsession and rage.
I urge everyone to see this gorgeously restored The Red Shoes. It's a very special experience of a film that we probably won't see made again in our lifetimes.
I urge everyone to see this gorgeously restored The Red Shoes. It's a very special experience of a film that we probably won't see made again in our lifetimes.
Thank you for telling us about it, MakarovaFan. I hope the revival comes my way.
Artwork for Powell and Pressburgers “Red Shoes” to go on show at the BFI
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol...icle6926206.ece
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pilgrims/cl...s/redshoes.html
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol...icle6926206.ece
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pilgrims/cl...s/redshoes.html
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