I was 4 years old - ca 1948 - when I saw this film, and I decided then I would become a ballerina, and yes I did... I'm now 77 and I'll never forget what moved me to go to balletclass !!!
That’s so inspiring! I remember Seeing this when I was little and began ballet shortly after. I was too tall and heavy, however it changed my life by leading me to music theatre. I’m grateful for the experience. I still love ballet and have huge respect for these amazing artistic athletes. It’s fascinating how The Red Shoes touched so many lives ❤
It's a pity, too, because this ballet perfectly encapsulates the heroine's journey throughout her short life: she leaves home to pursue her love of dance and it ultimately destroys her as she wrestles with pursuing her goals or giving in to love. Brilliant!
@@notnek202 An American in Paris, singing in the rain, and a star is born (1954). These are all early 50s movies for a reason, they were all inspired after this movie. But Hollywood definitely did it.
Yes. That particular moment... When I saw it in the cinema 20 odd years ago for the first time it made me gasp. I couldn't believe what I was watching and hearing. Just incredible.
My favourite movie. Unbelievably I saw it for the first time about 6 years ago on a cruise ship. Was on the tv in my room while I was preparing myself to go out for the evening. Was absolutely mesmerized by it and stayed in my suite and watched the whole thing.
theres actually a story of this called the red slippers where a spoiled brat gets karma from being so mean and she gets red slippers which makes her dance all the time so she dances to death because she cant do anything but dance
That is the actual story of the Red Shoes. She dances for 12 hours from Saturday at sundown til Sunday morning, then dies of exhaustion. No matter how hard she tries she can't get the cursed red shoes off, she can't even cut them off with a knife. On Sunday morning only the holy priest is finally able to remove the unholy red shoes from her feet..but alas too late.
@@sacheverelle2626 tis a reflection of the false paradigm we live within , and how the mind can not observe it ( for some ) satan starts her on satrun day and her sprit goes to the lord on sunday :)
@Madeline Leigh Young Yes, in this movie, if I’m correct, mr. Lermontov suggests a recreation of The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen regarding its score which is to be composed by Julian Craster - another major character of the film. So if that answers your question, yes: the movie is based on the book of the same name.
The ballet scene in red shoes is beautiful. It makes me cry as the sequence is so spectacular. The amount of skill and grace is beyond belief. I also love the score. They will never make films like this again as movie makers don't have the knowledge.
The whole first hour I was thinking it was pretty good but had no idea why so many said it was a classic. This and the ending completely floored me. Really ahead of its time
2:44 - I love this moment. She dances in a truly otherworldly and inhuman way - she's practically flying in the air, just as you'd suppose magic shoes would make you do.
This sequence was so eloquently shot and edited. Everyone is talking about the colors but what really stood out to me was the use of lighting in conjunction with the music and setting the tone.
lmfao I came here because this sequence was so transcendent and affected me so much while watching but went down to read the comments and now I can't stop laughing my ass off
This sequence is so beautiful. I don't think that I've ever watched a more beautiful film!! I watched this film for the first time a few days ago and can't stop watching it now.
I love ballet. I've always dreamed of being a ballerina. But I am bow legged, painfully inflexible and I have no muscle whatsoever. It's fine though. I love watching the red shoes it's beautiful.
I love this dancers fluidity, musicality and expression. It’s crazy how much the ballet world has changed since these times to become about arabesque height, flexibility and how many turns can you do. Whilst not technically perfect, it is such a masterpiece and she tells the story incredibly.
The magic of this sequence in general is so well done that it holds even when the illusion is temporarily shattered. When Vicki leaps offstage to get her hair redone and her costume changed and then returns for the church segment, we remain invested in the story and the choreography. It's just wonderful, a testament to the artistry of everyone involved in this project.
The grotesque aspect of this filmed dance together with the utterly late '40s artistic style makes this one on its own. The nightmarish images of the night remind of lost dreams that come back to haunt the viewer, especially the close-ups to the camera. I could go on but I'll shut up now.
I revel in the garish and nightmarish tone of the scene yet just as Julian predicts the audience 'sees' the flower, etc. And also, as Boris Lermontov asserts, the audience does clap where he's previously indicated that they would. The juxtaposition of these conflicting elements is ethereal to me.
@Hernan Restrepo 1940s was a very different time than 2018. Over 70 years closer to .a century than not. World war 2 just finished up. Could women even vote yet? Segregation was still a thing. Lol. I think this plot totally would've made sense in the 40s
What a relief to find this film online - I saw it as a child and could never get over the beauty and resolve to become a dancer!! Of course I didn't but many a young girl felt the same way after seeing this unforgettable movie - thank you SO VERY MUCH!!!
You kindled a 70 year old memory! I recalled my parents taking me to see this movie that was showing at the time in Calcutta, India ( I believe it was shing at the Tiger Cinema ) - I was around 7 then, and got really scared during the newspaper dance sequence. During the recent revival in PBS's Great Performances, I was suddenly reminded of it and did the You Tube search! An experience that was locked away in my neurons for 70 years!
This ballet makes me think of the plays and ballets in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, when famous painters (Picasso, Dali, etc.) designed the set, great composers (Stravinsky, Ravel, Poulenc) created the music and great poets and playrights (Cocteau, Aragon, etc.) were writing the actors' replicas. These shows must have resembled this ballet, really!
It's interesting you say that, because the dancer who plays the role of the shoemaker in this ballet is Leonide Massine, who took over from Vasilav Nijinsky as principal choreographer and dancer for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballet Russe, and who also choregraphed the ballet 'Parade' in 1917, which was conceived by Jean Cocteau, composed by Erik Satie, with set and costume design by Picasso.
My mother (1933-2000) saw this film in 1948, when she was 15. Later, she invited me to watch it on television and it stuck with me. She said that Moira Shearer stood out because there were very few Italian women with red hair, and also because she was an incredible performer throughout the film. I am so glad it was restored. It was made at a time when the UK was recovering from the wounds of WWII and it can be interpreted at many levels.
Australia's Robert Helpmann choreographed this and appears in it. This is a sequence of rarest beauty. The visual work is amazing, considering the technical limitations the film makers were working with. Absolutely brilliant and magical.
Considered not just one of the greatest Hans Christian Anderson stories ever written, but also the greatest "Technicolor" movies ever made. Remember, this movie was made in 1948
Where is a Moira Shearer today? Is there anyone as graceful and ladylike? I’ve read her book about Balanchine, bought her narrated records for children, reading classic fairy tales... her voice was so lovely! Has anyone seen The Story of Three Loves in which she appeared with James Mason? I’m so glad bits of her still grace this world, and though the filmmaking was grueling, how fortunate to have this Salvador Dali like piece... This movie is timeless in its themes of addiction and feminism, the pull between relationship and career, theft and creativity... just so deep and lovely... Thank you to whoever posted this. Two more recommendations the tape of red shoes by Clarissa Pinkola Estes and seeing this on the big screen if at all possible!
Absolutely marvelous creativity and gorgeous sets. I think some were created by Salvador Dali, along with some in Tales of Hoffman, another production by this same group. The fact that this was done just 3 short years in England after WWII makes it all the more amazing. No one but Leonid Massine could perform the role of The Devil/Tempter. He is perfectly cast here.
@@yasminaarbid5727 I love you, too, darling. (HEARTS!) Very few people get this. Also, it applies to all of us, in that we are trapped by our talents. And if we try get out of the box, there are consequences. I am listening to this on headphones, which is far better audio quality than any speaker system I have ever owned. PRODUCTION: The movie was made long before computer generated images. Her dancing with the paper man is a hoot. The co-producers spent all their money on the film and had to wait I don't know how long to make any money. Constant Lambert's score scared me for many years as I was growing up. The gal who played the ballerina was a real ballerina and she kept turning the producers down until finally she said yes. There were several actors who were also ballet people by profession. When asked if this was the way ballet is rehearsed, they all said, no. HA! YahBut, this is art. The music starting at 11:12 is heavenly! oooh! As for me, I write light music and music for plays. I don't do any scoring, so I devote my time to composing, lyrics and writing. & the usual guff any creator goes through. But it is worth it, sort of, to create for the sake of creating. Thus, creating is easy. Selling is hard!
Theres a beautiful scene when Lermantov takes her face in both hands on the stage and tells her about when he saw her dance, its at that point he realises hes in love with her, he just stares at her face in realisation then swiftly goes ( I know Anton Wallbrook was gay) but it makes me swoon everytime 😍😆
Moira dancing so perfectly in her corset must have been so intense to see live as they made the film. She was so beautiful in story of three loves as well.
What was it about The Archers films that made them look so other worldly in terms of color? Whether it was this or Black Narcissus or Stairway to Heaven; the richness of the colors is breathtaking.
I'm replying a bit late to this, but I think it has a lot to do with them being shot in 3-strip Technicolor. Do a little searching and you can find out what kind of effect it has on the look. I noticed in particular there was a lot of glow around bright areas. It's the imperfections that make it look so amazing.
A lot of credit goes to Archers' cinematographer Jack Cardiff. He did the cinematography for Red Shoes, Black Narcissus (colorful titles in themselves), along with a host of other classic films. He died in 2009 and worked almost to the end of his life.
My experience also, it impacted me. I watched it when I was five and became obsessed with red shoes. I used to say to my mother: "Why doesn't any school uniform have red shoes? it would be the prettiest uniform in the world"
Technicolor + Jack Cardiff + Michael Powell + A Great Story + A Talented Cast = Pure Magic !! Film-as-Art-and-Entertainment doesn't get better than this................................... How could it, frankly ?
i havent seen the full film but that 15 min scene was Awesome ! a recapturing and reimagining of the darkness and beauty of Han's Christian Andersons tale. loved it
One of my favorite films. I just lent out my copy to a young Ballerina who had never even heard of the film before! Sacrilege!! Haha. I truly hope she enjoys it. I envy her seeing it for the first time.
The music at 12.55 when the people are leaving the church haunted me for decades. I saw the film when very young (in the 50s) and all through my adult life all I could remember of the music was the piece with the church bells. When I finally got the dvd back in the 90s I played that bit over and over again. Sadly, this kind of quality music and dancing is so lost to the generation of movie goers today.
Is it wrong to describe this scene as proof that this movie is better than 'Black Swan'? There's more dance in these 15 minutes of 'The Red Shoes' that in the whole movie of 'Black Swan'
No comparison between the two. Not just the music, dancing or cinematography either, which are all beyond par! This film has held up and was way ahead of its time when released!
my favorite part is at 11:14, where her boyfriend, the conductor/composer, goes up to the stage and is replaced by the dancer, the melody is so powerful there!
Based on what happened to MGM musicals after 1948 it's obvious that Arthur Freed, Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen saw this sequence and had their worlds rocked -- the world's greatest musicals studio had just had its ass kicked by some British upstarts. This is why you start seeing more extended ballet-style numbers in On the Town and moving forward into the great era of the '50s at MGM. This film, by the way, is my absolute favorite; my candidate for greatest ever made.
Amazing. I haven't seen this film for years, and could remember very little about it until just now. This sequence is utterly superb - in terms of costume and set design, choreography, cinematography... and of course that delectable Moira Shearer.
It has the charm of Hollywood movies of the time; It looks more like a filmed ballet than a danced movie. Watching this video one realizes what dance has evolved since then: dance technique, scenery, lighting, dramatic characterization etc.
I also noticed the two masked faces above the shoemaker's rack of painted shoes in the beginning and end of this sequence. These faces are also shown when the boy is snatched away from the girl during the carnival scene. It's as if they came to life and/or were agents of the shoemaker, determined to help wrest the girl from anything or anyone normal or decent enough to save her.
Wonderful film and superb dancing, especially from Moira Shearer, and underrated genius. She went off too early to get married to Ludovic Kennedy. What a loss!
One thing I always thought of when I watched this as a kid is how awkward is must have been for the preist and the shoe maker to see each other in the village after this😂
Listening on headphones, which I will continue to use because speakers sound harsh. Phones sound so smooth! With speakers, I would always hear a tuba resonating at the open and at times in the dance. I just love this music! The changing tempos. The motifs. Like the early one at 3:12.
What I enjoy about the dance of the RED SHOES is once one puts on a pair of red shoes, we can never take them off. Ballet and modern dance for some of us who have left dance, find looking back at a street in NYC, red high shoes, it felt like a dance rehearsal. in an amateurish fantasy. steps, strides of men, women in shoes on their way to????
I'm listening on headphones that outperform any speakers I'm every had! This music has been used for production cues on radio shows. Amazing composition. Changing tempos and keys suddenly.
I was 4 years old - ca 1948 - when I saw this film, and I decided then I would become a ballerina, and yes I did... I'm now 77 and I'll never forget what moved me to go to balletclass !!!
That’s so sweet
Oh I'm so happy for you such a wonderful story ❤xx
I just saw your reply. where did you dance?
@@MejiaKintz At the Royal Opera of Antwerp (Belgium)
That’s so inspiring! I remember Seeing this when I was little and began ballet shortly after. I was too tall and heavy, however it changed my life by leading me to music theatre. I’m grateful for the experience. I still love ballet and have huge respect for these amazing artistic athletes. It’s fascinating how The Red Shoes touched so many lives ❤
Man, you would never have 15 uninterrupted minutes of expert dancing in a Hollywood film made today!
Can you imagine if Black Swan actually commited?
This was a British film so Hollywood has never made a film with a 15 min uninterrupted ballet sequence.
It's a pity, too, because this ballet perfectly encapsulates the heroine's journey throughout her short life: she leaves home to pursue her love of dance and it ultimately destroys her as she wrestles with pursuing her goals or giving in to love. Brilliant!
@Akia Sembly 🤗
@@notnek202 An American in Paris, singing in the rain, and a star is born (1954). These are all early 50s movies for a reason, they were all inspired after this movie. But Hollywood definitely did it.
The use of color in this film is timeless.
Not only colour but light
Plus Jack Cardiff
The shot at 5:17 with her dancing past the falling cellophane is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
Yes. That particular moment... When I saw it in the cinema 20 odd years ago for the first time it made me gasp. I couldn't believe what I was watching and hearing. Just incredible.
My favourite movie. Unbelievably I saw it for the first time about 6 years ago on a cruise ship. Was on the tv in my room while I was preparing myself to go out for the evening. Was absolutely mesmerized by it and stayed in my suite and watched the whole thing.
i have never seen, anyone dance like that before, she danced as though the shoes controlled all how they made her dance
Exactly! That and whatever curse the Shoemaker put on the shoes.
theres actually a story of this called the red slippers where a spoiled brat gets karma from being so mean and she gets red slippers which makes her dance all the time so she dances to death because she cant do anything but dance
That is the actual story of the Red Shoes. She dances for 12 hours from Saturday at sundown til Sunday morning, then dies of exhaustion. No matter how hard she tries she can't get the cursed red shoes off, she can't even cut them off with a knife. On Sunday morning only the holy priest is finally able to remove the unholy red shoes from her feet..but alas too late.
@@sacheverelle2626 tis a reflection of the false paradigm we live within , and how the mind can not observe it ( for some ) satan starts her on satrun day and her sprit goes to the lord on sunday :)
@Madeline Leigh Young Yes, in this movie, if I’m correct, mr. Lermontov suggests a recreation of The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen regarding its score which is to be composed by Julian Craster - another major character of the film. So if that answers your question, yes: the movie is based on the book of the same name.
The ballet scene in red shoes is beautiful. It makes me cry as the sequence is so spectacular. The amount of skill and grace is beyond belief. I also love the score. They will never make films like this again as movie makers don't have the knowledge.
The whole first hour I was thinking it was pretty good but had no idea why so many said it was a classic. This and the ending completely floored me. Really ahead of its time
2:44 - I love this moment. She dances in a truly otherworldly and inhuman way - she's practically flying in the air, just as you'd suppose magic shoes would make you do.
This sequence was so eloquently shot and edited. Everyone is talking about the colors but what really stood out to me was the use of lighting in conjunction with the music and setting the tone.
They don't make films like this any more as this is pure genius.
This movie has a very important moment in the history of cinema. 13:28
The best ever T Pose put on film, and it was in 1948! Truly ahead of its time.
Mood
lmfao I came here because this sequence was so transcendent and affected me so much while watching but went down to read the comments and now I can't stop laughing my ass off
Pre- CGI for sure
The greatest sequence ever put on film.
Agreed, and I’ll also put the stargate sequence from 2001: A Space Odyssey in there as well.
This sequence is so beautiful. I don't think that I've ever watched a more beautiful film!! I watched this film for the first time a few days ago and can't stop watching it now.
I love ballet. I've always dreamed of being a ballerina. But I am bow legged, painfully inflexible and I have no muscle whatsoever. It's fine though. I love watching the red shoes it's beautiful.
Steph’s Serendipity Haha you can work out and stretch. I'll always be taller than the boys :p
Anna Pavlova was just like that and she’s the GOAT
Bowed legs actually help with ballet, and flexibility can be trained! It’s never too late to take an adult class
My great granda was in the red shoes he was a dancer 💖
Which one?
myia smith I think u r lying 🤥
DO you dance
myia smith who was he ?!
Nice.
This sequence is the apex of the history of motion pictures. And my favorite film.
Easily the best scene ever filmed in technicolor.
I love this dancers fluidity, musicality and expression. It’s crazy how much the ballet world has changed since these times to become about arabesque height, flexibility and how many turns can you do. Whilst not technically perfect, it is such a masterpiece and she tells the story incredibly.
The magic of this sequence in general is so well done that it holds even when the illusion is temporarily shattered. When Vicki leaps offstage to get her hair redone and her costume changed and then returns for the church segment, we remain invested in the story and the choreography. It's just wonderful, a testament to the artistry of everyone involved in this project.
The grotesque aspect of this filmed dance together with the utterly late '40s artistic style makes this one on its own. The
nightmarish images of the night remind of lost dreams that come back to haunt the viewer, especially the close-ups to
the camera. I could go on but I'll shut up now.
Freakishly beautiful - as if the ballet sequence in 'Carousel' was designed by Jean Cocteau, or something along those lines.
I revel in the garish and nightmarish tone of the scene yet just as Julian predicts the audience 'sees' the flower, etc. And also, as Boris Lermontov asserts, the audience does clap where he's previously indicated that they would. The juxtaposition of these conflicting elements is ethereal to me.
Never shut up Maria!! I know what you mean!!!
YOU KNOW.
@Hernan Restrepo 1940s was a very different time than 2018. Over 70 years closer to .a century than not. World war 2 just finished up. Could women even vote yet? Segregation was still a thing. Lol. I think this plot totally would've made sense in the 40s
What a relief to find this film online - I saw it as a child and could never get over the beauty and resolve to become a dancer!! Of course I didn't but many a young girl felt the same way after seeing this unforgettable movie - thank you SO VERY MUCH!!!
You kindled a 70 year old memory! I recalled my parents taking me to see this movie that was showing at the time in Calcutta, India ( I believe it was shing at the Tiger Cinema ) - I was around 7 then, and got really scared during the newspaper dance sequence. During the recent revival in PBS's Great Performances, I was suddenly reminded of it and did the You Tube search! An experience that was locked away in my neurons for 70 years!
This ballet makes me think of the plays and ballets in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, when famous painters (Picasso, Dali, etc.) designed the set, great composers (Stravinsky, Ravel, Poulenc) created the music and great poets and playrights (Cocteau, Aragon, etc.) were writing the actors' replicas. These shows must have resembled this ballet, really!
It's interesting you say that, because the dancer who plays the role of the shoemaker in this ballet is Leonide Massine, who took over from Vasilav Nijinsky as principal choreographer and dancer for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballet Russe, and who also choregraphed the ballet 'Parade' in 1917, which was conceived by Jean Cocteau, composed by Erik Satie, with set and costume design by Picasso.
My mother (1933-2000) saw this film in 1948, when she was 15. Later, she invited me to watch it on television and it stuck with me. She said that Moira Shearer stood out because there were very few Italian women with red hair, and also because she was an incredible performer throughout the film. I am so glad it was restored. It was made at a time when the UK was recovering from the wounds of WWII and it can be interpreted at many levels.
Australia's Robert Helpmann choreographed this and appears in it. This is a sequence of rarest beauty. The visual work is amazing, considering the technical limitations the film makers were working with. Absolutely brilliant and magical.
Thanks for the tidbit :) it is indeed a magnificent sequence, even to the non initiated
I love it at the beginning when she steps out of the door and starts dancing to the music 💖🌸 always makes me gasp.
Considered not just one of the greatest Hans Christian Anderson stories ever written, but also the greatest "Technicolor" movies ever made. Remember, this movie was made in 1948
Where is a Moira Shearer today? Is there anyone as graceful and ladylike? I’ve read her book about Balanchine, bought her narrated records for children, reading classic fairy tales... her voice was so lovely! Has anyone seen The Story of Three Loves in which she appeared with James Mason? I’m so glad bits of her still grace this world, and though the filmmaking was grueling, how fortunate to have this Salvador Dali like piece... This movie is timeless in its themes of addiction and feminism, the pull between relationship and career, theft and creativity... just so deep and lovely...
Thank you to whoever posted this. Two more recommendations the tape of red shoes by Clarissa Pinkola Estes and seeing this on the big screen if at all possible!
When I first saw this sequence it was so beautiful and devastating that I cried.
Absolutely marvelous creativity and gorgeous sets. I think some were created by Salvador Dali, along with some in Tales of Hoffman, another production by this same group. The fact that this was done just 3 short years in England after WWII makes it all the more amazing. No one but Leonid Massine could perform the role of The Devil/Tempter. He is perfectly cast here.
Dance is the highest form of physical expression! ♡
Be careful what you wish for. "Why do you want to dance?" "Why do you want to live."
Hugh Jones there isn't any "love" button so ❤️
@@yasminaarbid5727 I love you, too, darling. (HEARTS!) Very few people get this. Also, it applies to all of us, in that we are trapped by our talents. And if we try get out of the box, there are consequences. I am listening to this on headphones, which is far better audio quality than any speaker system I have ever owned. PRODUCTION: The movie was made long before computer generated images. Her dancing with the paper man is a hoot. The co-producers spent all their money on the film and had to wait I don't know how long to make any money. Constant Lambert's score scared me for many years as I was growing up. The gal who played the ballerina was a real ballerina and she kept turning the producers down until finally she said yes. There were several actors who were also ballet people by profession. When asked if this was the way ballet is rehearsed, they all said, no. HA! YahBut, this is art. The music starting at 11:12 is heavenly! oooh! As for me, I write light music and music for plays. I don't do any scoring, so I devote my time to composing, lyrics and writing. & the usual guff any creator goes through. But it is worth it, sort of, to create for the sake of creating. Thus, creating is easy. Selling is hard!
this is and will always remain the greatest film of all time
Theres a beautiful scene when Lermantov takes her face in both hands on the stage and tells her about when he saw her dance, its at that point he realises hes in love with her, he just stares at her face in realisation then swiftly goes ( I know Anton Wallbrook was gay) but it makes me swoon everytime 😍😆
Beautiful Scene! I've always enjoyed these classic movies, they are timeless.
Greatest sequence in British film history - breathtaking
Truly one of the most gorgeous pictures in film history.
15 minutes of pure art
Moira dancing so perfectly in her corset must have been so intense to see live as they made the film. She was so beautiful in story of three loves as well.
What was it about The Archers films that made them look so other worldly in terms of color? Whether it was this or Black Narcissus or Stairway to Heaven; the richness of the colors is breathtaking.
Stairway to Heaven? Do you mean "A Matter of Life and Death"?
The Cinephile ENTP -
'Stairway to Heaven' is the American title of ''A Matter of Life............"
(I know, I know................)
I'm replying a bit late to this, but I think it has a lot to do with them being shot in 3-strip Technicolor. Do a little searching and you can find out what kind of effect it has on the look. I noticed in particular there was a lot of glow around bright areas. It's the imperfections that make it look so amazing.
A lot of credit goes to Archers' cinematographer Jack Cardiff. He did the cinematography for Red Shoes, Black Narcissus (colorful titles in themselves), along with a host of other classic films. He died in 2009 and worked almost to the end of his life.
I saw this beautiful movie, when I was a kid maybe 7 years old with my grandmother and this scene made grand impression on me. Thank you for posting.
My experience also, it impacted me. I watched it when I was five and became obsessed with red shoes. I used to say to my mother: "Why doesn't any school uniform have red shoes? it would be the prettiest uniform in the world"
Everything in this scene is wonderful: music, dance, editing, photography... Wow!
I just got goosebumps because I find this piece enchanting, haunting and truly amazing 😍
Technicolor + Jack Cardiff + Michael Powell + A Great Story + A Talented Cast = Pure Magic !!
Film-as-Art-and-Entertainment doesn't get better than this...................................
How could it, frankly ?
i havent seen the full film but that 15 min scene was Awesome ! a recapturing and reimagining of the darkness and beauty of Han's Christian Andersons tale. loved it
8:47 might be my favourite shot in any film.
I watched this last Sunday on TCM. I was mesmerized, the ending completing stunned me.
One of my favorite films. I just lent out my copy to a young Ballerina who had never even heard of the film before! Sacrilege!! Haha. I truly hope she enjoys it. I envy her seeing it for the first time.
The music at 12.55 when the people are leaving the church haunted me for decades. I saw the film when very young (in the 50s) and all through my adult life all I could remember of the music was the piece with the church bells. When I finally got the dvd back in the 90s I played that bit over and over again. Sadly, this kind of quality music and dancing is so lost to the generation of movie goers today.
It's a 16th century chorale melody, "Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland."
One of the greatest sequences in the history of cinema.
Is it wrong to describe this scene as proof that this movie is better than 'Black Swan'? There's more dance in these 15 minutes of 'The Red Shoes' that in the whole movie of 'Black Swan'
+agenttheater5
I am analyzing this film as part of my literature course. Apparently, "Black Swan" was based off this movie!
Brittany Rivera
Really? Didn't know that!
+agenttheater5 It's not that hard to see after watching both films several times.
No comparison between the two. Not just the music, dancing or cinematography either, which are all beyond par!
This film has held up and was way ahead of its time when released!
What a fine analysis. Thank you.
my favorite part is at 11:14, where her boyfriend, the conductor/composer, goes up to the stage and is replaced by the dancer, the melody is so powerful there!
I've just finished watching the ballet sequence to The Red Shoes.
The Red Shoes is one of the classical movies that I like most 👠❤
i fell asleep watching this last night and I had strange/ terrifying dreams
Olivia Katz oh so I see you experienced the pain while dancing in pointe shoes 😂
Olivia Katz
HOW COULD YOU?
Based on what happened to MGM musicals after 1948 it's obvious that Arthur Freed, Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen saw this sequence and had their worlds rocked -- the world's greatest musicals studio had just had its ass kicked by some British upstarts. This is why you start seeing more extended ballet-style numbers in On the Town and moving forward into the great era of the '50s at MGM. This film, by the way, is my absolute favorite; my candidate for greatest ever made.
Amazing. I haven't seen this film for years, and could remember very little about it until just now. This sequence is utterly superb - in terms of costume and set design, choreography, cinematography... and of course that delectable Moira Shearer.
It's really a great performance and a very good dance. Truly has alot of emotion. Love it.
I’ve had a file like the red shoes capture my attention from start to finish…beautiful film making
I'm more awed by this extended scene with each time I watch; that's anywhere from seven to ten times a year. Bordering on monthly.
It has the charm of Hollywood movies of the time; It looks more like a filmed ballet than a danced movie. Watching this video one realizes what dance has evolved since then: dance technique, scenery, lighting, dramatic characterization etc.
incredibly affecting and a beautiful piece of work that incorporates all works of art. This film is absolutely fantastic.
My favorite film of all time. The music, the lighting, the dreaminess of it all is pure seduction.
I also noticed the two masked faces above the shoemaker's rack of painted shoes in the beginning and end of this sequence. These faces are also shown when the boy is snatched away from the girl during the carnival scene. It's as if they came to life and/or were agents of the shoemaker, determined to help wrest the girl from anything or anyone normal or decent enough to save her.
Moira - timeless.
Exquisite!
@@jkarnavas and heartbreakingly beautiful
The music is a GEM, all by it self. Or course the principle's dancing and the staging are among the best ever .
according to Robert Helpmann this movie only scratches the surface of the life of a dancer
Amazing dancers and editing!!!! A masterpiece!
Merci "S&N Editor"🌺 pour cet extrait du film Les Chaussons rouges ( Ballet Séquence : 1948).
❤🎼🎹🎺🌺🎧🎼🎼💙🎩🎩🎩
damn this movie was good. i saw it in budapest last year for a film festival in HD, restored & english. just a total masterpiece
Beautiful Dancing... The Red Shoes, it's a story that never gets old.
I've just watched this movie❤️ I literally cried over the beauty of the aesthetic, colors and costumes of this sequence😭❤️
Fantastic Visionary, flawless. Magic.
BEAUTIFUL!!!🌼💎💙☁⭐✨ The way this was filmed, the colors and everything is just so creative.
This scene alone is just magical and revolutionary!
Exquisite
Un très beau souvenir.
Merci. Annie
Wonderful film and superb dancing, especially from Moira Shearer, and underrated genius. She went off too early to get married to Ludovic Kennedy. What a loss!
the best scene in cinema history
Outstanding.
Costume design. On it. Make-up. On it. Choreography. On it. Cinematography. On it. Direction. On it. Performances. On it.
And the Music !
One thing I always thought of when I watched this as a kid is how awkward is must have been for the preist and the shoe maker to see each other in the village after this😂
Just the best movie scene I've ever seen ... really.
Listening on headphones, which I will continue to use because speakers sound harsh. Phones sound so smooth! With speakers, I would always hear a tuba resonating at the open and at times in the dance. I just love this music! The changing tempos. The motifs. Like the early one at 3:12.
I don't care much for ballet but this movie and especially this scene is so fucking good
Vera looking different here yo
XDDD
Vera?🤨
Now this is What TH-cam was made for ... visually stunning
One of the best films ever made.
Magnificent. I'm buying this on DVD now.
What a lovely performance!, many thanks for sharing this jewel!
Does the store keeper remind anyone else of Rumpelstiltskin from ABC’s Once Upon a Time?
What I enjoy about the dance of the RED SHOES is once one puts on a pair of red shoes, we can never take them off. Ballet and modern dance for some of us who have left dance, find looking back at a street in NYC, red high shoes, it felt like a dance rehearsal. in an amateurish fantasy. steps, strides of men, women in shoes on their way to????
Nothing will ever excel this original!
GREATEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
FILM EVER ...
Mesmerizing 💕
O primeiro balé que assisti na infância, simplesmente maravilhoso, uma junção de técnica, agilidade, beleza e força.
oiii, pode me dizer onde assisto o dilme inteiro?
When I was a child I just loved this movie
This scene is absolutely incredible. To say the least.
I'm listening on headphones that outperform any speakers I'm every had! This music has been used for production cues on radio shows. Amazing composition. Changing tempos and keys suddenly.
My sister and i were literally hpnotized by this movie when we were little
That’s how witchcraft WORKS, silly..