The Red Shoes (1948's Film)
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- British film (1948)
DVD - Criterion Collection. Audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie, featuring interviews with stars Marius Goring and Moira Shearer, cinematographer Jack Cardiff, composer Brian Easdale, and Scorsese
Written, directed and produced by The Archers (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
Cinematography by Jack Cardiff
Original music arranged and conducted by Brian Easdale
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart.
The Ballet Of The Red Shoes
Choreography by Robert Helpmann
The part of the shoemaker created and danced by Leonide Massine
Based on the fairy tale "The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Andersen
Moira Shearer, Lady Kennedy (17 January 1926 -- 31 January 2006), was an internationally famous Scottish ballet dancer and actress.
Sir Robert Helpmann CBE (9 April 1909 -- 28 September 1986) was an Australian dancer, actor, theatre director and choreographer. In 1964 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 1965 he was named "Australian of the Year", and in 1968 he was appointed a Knight Bachelor.
Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin, better known in the West by the French transliteration as Léonide Massine (9 August [O.S. 28 July] 1896 -- 15 March 1979) was a Russian choreographer and ballet dancer. Inducted into the National Museum of Dance C.V. Whitney Hall of Fame in 2002.
Hmmm. After the number of times I have watched the ballet through the years, I noticed something new! In the scene where she imagines Craster coming up out of the orchestra pit to dance with her, and later she can see him watching her, I think I just saw Lermentov watching her, too, with a very large Dracula like shadow behind him! Creepy! And, in exquisite taste! The filmography was ART. Beautifully done!
The set for the ballet and the art direction for the whole film was bewitching. Nothing like it today!
The first time I saw this movie was completely by accident. I was channel surfing when I came across the TCM channel. I decided to watch it because I saw it had Robert Helpmann (the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) in it. I’m glad I saw it. It’s a beautiful movie and I recommend to all my friends who enjoy classic movies.
I used to always read about this but have hardly ever seen it. They didn't rerun it on TV all that often when I was a kid. I think it is occasionally on Turner Classic Movies but we didn't have that yet when I was a kid either. I probably would've enjoyed it back then since I usually liked all the ballets of classic stories (and any movies inspired by same).
Thanks for posting.
I saw this movie on TCM when I was about 14 years old. It completely captured my attention from start to finish. This dance takes you through so many emotions. It is a true masterpiece of film-making. A once-in-a-lifetime, never to be truly repeated or remade sort of thing that just...is.
There is no movie that captures the art of ballet more beautifully. Brian Easdale's magnificent score,Jack Cardiff's luscious cinematography,and of course beautiful Moira (who by the way was partly chosen for her gorgeous Titian red hair. Scorcese chose this in his top 10 movies of all time. It's been my favorite movie since I first saw it at the age of 14 and like a fine wine it only gets better with age!
I love how this is a mess of traditional ballet, some jazz, and modern dance elements. The shift between styles is so smooth, everything just blends so well together.
Helpmann, like George Balanchine--was better at choreographing ballet than dancing it himself. Still, he was a passionate dancer. Like Fonteyn, you couldn't "tear your eyes away".
I’m afraid all the cast had passed away. You’ll find an recorded interview with Moira Shearer, Marius Goring, Jack Cardiff, composer Brian Easdale and Martin Scorsese on Criterion DVD released in 2010. If you’re interested in Powell and Pressburger’s other works do check their filmography. I’d recommend “Black Narcissus” and “A matter of life and death” which are other masterpieces of Technicolor. In addition, a pre-Technicolor “A Canterbury Tale”, a truly lovely B&W film.
The first time my mother went downtown on a trolley by herself, aged 8, was to Atlanta's Peachtree Arts Theater. This was a double feature with Tales of Hoffman. Nobody knew where she had gone!!!She was afraid somebody would forbid it! She said The Red Shoes made her want a pair of toe shoes, as they were called, which she hung up on her bedroom wall next to a poster of Maria Tallchief. She is now 81 and loves jazz. She asks that all of you support music in schools.
We are all trapped by our talents. Hence we "dance the red shoes."
Anderson's story is pretty demented - a little orphan girl who is cursed by an angel to dance without ceasing and who begs an executioner to chop off her feet. And even after her feet are chopped off they still relentlessly haunt her.Hardly suitable fare for sleepy children unless you want them to suffer nightmares.
A story better never written in my probably not humble enough opinion but your comment about being trapped by one's talents causes me to wonder. Though overly twisted and macabre, if written as a moral tale, might its intended meaning be that one's natural talents can be a trap, ensnaring one in pride and an endless and meaningless pursuit of vainglory? The only escape being to surrender one's life to God in worshipful service.
I haven't watched the movie, just this performance the second time. I red the story about twenty years ago in a children's Hindi magazine. So, I have the same conclusion that I had that time, that some people sell their soul to Satan in pursuit of their wealth or fame or desires, like the desire to dance to one's content. But these are small compared to how many thoughts I am still to crystallize into words in appreciation of the performance
Robert Helpmann and Leonid Massine choreographed, and were both dancers in the ballet......Massine was the shoemaker.....
This reminds me of the Hans Christian Andersen movie (where the fictional version of Andersen made shoes for the ballerina). I wonder if this ballet and movie were part of what they were thinking of when they made that.
The original story by Andersen is of course not about ballet shoes. More like magical dancing shoes.
This is really beautiful, I'm glad it's available to watch on UA-cam. Thanks for posting. ^____^
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There's a book out by Powell about making the movie. It is a h00t to read. The ballet music has some great romantic motifs. Alas, composer Brian Easdale died young from complications of a hard life.
I have always loved this movie...
When I first watched this as a young boy, though I didn't really understand what ballet was all about, I was so mesmerised by Moira Shearer for her countless emotions projected during the dance and of course the dance's story itself fascinated me as all of us were probably fascinated by Andersen's stories. I'm here now just so I can listen intently to Easdale's score as it proved truly interesting back then. Revisiting it gives me so much pleasure. Thanks for this upload.
Hello from NYC; The amount of work, of effort that went into making this excerpt is absolutely wonderful. The visuals are comparable to the computer generated stuff from 'nowadays' yet as far as I know Powell, Pressburger & Co were not using computers. And the quality of the color puts today's color to shame. "May beauty be above you, may beauty be below you, may beauty be all around you!"
That's why people were always praising, promoting and talking about Technicolor.
It was popularly known for being...the most vivid color you could have, back then.
Still very vivid now too, obviously.
Vivid color was a very, very big thing at the time, since being able to have very vivid color in movies was very new, back then.
Now it seems that they usually brag much more about CGI.
Sigh.
5:43 I can't believe I still notice new things about this dance sequence, even after multiple viewings. But at this point in the ballet, I just saw the hint of a shadow uncoiling near her feet--the shoemaker about to reappear and lead her away from her home.
This classic film is very close to my heart and in all these years, never have I forgotten it. Some scenes have become blur from memory but never forgotten. It was this film that led me (or misled me?) to my fascination of the lives of classical musicians and artists and how they must have lived. It's also a window revealing what goes on in the tempestous world of temperamental artists, the politics of the art and it's management and the personas of impresarios. Excellent movie this one is.
Beautiful
I love this movie, but the ballet dance sequence truly blew my mind!
the most beautiful movie in the world
This reminds me of when I'm doing zumba & line dancing.
Years ago...l was taken to a lecture at BERKELEY.CAL ...by Michael Powell....lve loved this film ecer since a kid( l sent away for and got thr Original program with orig black/white stills from the film....also found beautiful articles in 1948 magazines.....l was given a wonderful book just on MOIRA S..this film is ALWAYS THRILLING..the color..dancing."Vicki"..MAGICAL..she always reminded me of a red-head.Vivien Leigh......DANCE ON DEAR VICKI!
Breathtaking choreyography
Actually the film’s original negative were decaying and fated to be lost forever. The quality of image and sound is the result of restoration work funded by Film Foundation, a non-profit organization established by Scorsese. The project was undertaken by experts from UCLA and it took two and a half years.
probably the greatest technicolor film ever made...according to a very well renowned filmmaker...I have to agree.
Just as it was said in the movie how "Craster" was a remarkable composer, I think Easdale was so too. His score fascinates me to no end due to it's melding with the ballet choreography. I think it would be hard to ever isolate the music from the ballet and vice versa. Easdale's score is wonderful. Moira Shearer was also remarkable as a dancer with an iconic face so beautiful to look at. Her acting is also impeccable.
exquisitely beautiful - both the music and the dance.......
You better youtube- the red shoes in high definition,because the part 1 to part 13 has been removed.The 2 hour movie is in high definition.
there is an upload
Dance she did, and dance she must - between her two loves
Yeah, the moral is "resist the temptation to wear red shoes".
Cheers :)
Even the Pope (Benédict) couldn't.
“The dance starts at” 2:40 💜💜💜
There's no one like her, like Princess Pareey...
great movie!!!!
His co-star and fellow colleague Moira Shearer said of Helpmann, "He wasn't a great dancer. He wasn't a great actor. But he was a great mime--the perfect bridge between the two." It wasn't about technique with him. He just... had a way. Like his good friend Margot Fonteyn. Not something one learns in a classroom.
And like George Balanchine, he was a better ballet-master than a ballet dancer. Meaning his choreography and arranging of the arts was better than his ability to perform them himself.
Just because this movie is beautiful, doesn't mean it had a happy ending 😢
Wonderful 40s surreal ballet. Disturbing subtext.
She partecipated to many ballets and films, lived 80 years and died in 2006!
(look in Wikipedia)
Thank you for thoughtful comment. Believe or not Moira Shearer wasn't an actress. Though her performance is just perfect. And Micheal Powell, Emeric Pressburger and Jack Cardiff had done fabulous work with technicolor. You should watch others works of them. the colour is something wonderful.
I have never known a ballet dancer who was not a good actress
right after the shadow I started to laugh. What great special effects they had back then lol :) either way, this was still beautiful
Take off the red shoes.
Thanks so much for uploading this precious segment of the film as it contains the music and the ballet which is central to the story. A great gem and so unbelievable that it was created in 1948 and still so well preserved. May I ask, where is Moira Shearer now? Did she go on to do greater things in dance or in film? Where are all the cast? Are they all still with us at present time? And what of Powell, Pressburger and Cardiff? Thank you so much.
This would never make it at the box office in the USA today. We have grown too coarse. If someone isn't being blown up or murdered, we don't want to watch it. Sad.
I believe a lot of editing (omitting/splicing) was dons on the whole dance segment as I suspect, for cinematic reasons. There are parts in the music track where I seem to hear some splicing have been done, the abrupt stage, props and scene changes support my view. I also think that the tender scenes would have been played slower tempo (pas de deux, pas des six) were it not for the cinematic constraints. I've not listened to the commentaries so I don't know if they agree with my views.
Qué bonito, ais.
Btw, I don't believe she actually died here. There was no clear indication except for the vague prognosis of the doctor in the scene and unless we all want to think ahead that every injury of this kind leads to death. Also, Craster's reaction to the doctor didn't seem to indicate total tragedy. Permanently disabled, perhaps? I love Lermontov's dramatic speech at the end. The only place where he finally emotes into tears. Was he also in love with Vicky? I'd like to know.
I read the book. They said that Lermentov loved her, but only loved her physical exterior, as that of a ballet dancer. Ballet, itself, was his love. When he said that ballet is like a religion, I think he was being matter of fact. When Vicky approached him at the party, and said that dancing was a must in her life, he regarded it as an extraordinary audition. Her love of the art form spoke for itself. He didn't actually see her dance until she performed Swan Lake at the Mercury theater. That is why she had that look in her eyes. She probably equated it to how I would feel, if I were singing in front of Mozart, Benjamin Britten, Verdi, Wagner, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, all rolled into one! She was in awe of his genius, and as the head of the top ballet company, he definitely had the power to make or break her! No pressure! Lol!
i watch this movie when i was 12 years old i thought. if i dont mistakes there was a scene she jumped using red shoes at the end of movie if i dont mistakes.
Anyone recognize "The Child Catcher" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
Have always wondered how ballerinas dance on toes
the best action movie ever
pretty music to a not so pretty story, curious and in a way it seems wrong and misleading
I don't really understand this cause it's my first time watching it. Can someone explain to me what this is about?
the red shoes watch it
@OzzyPatriot Hi you. A meaningful comment. Naturally, coming from you.
The Red Shoes(1948),is better than The Wizard Of Oz.
The ending is absolutely horrid. What kind of man makes a woman choose between her passion and his? But I guess the tragedy is what tells the story best as it is... Don't be an idiot. Love isn't making someone choose. That's just possessive infatuation and addiction reacting.
Such flawed characters... Hopefully they teach their viewers something about what not to do.
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I don't like Moira Shearer she totally bagged on the great genius George Balanchine but this is a good movie though.
the dance
the music
the costumes
the escenography
is just beautiful
is soo beautiful that made cry, literally one the best movies i have ever seen
One of my favorite ballet movie!