RIP - Moira Shearer

Snowflake · 02-03-2006, 01:13 PM

Moira Shearer Star of Powell/Pressburger The Red Shoes Dies at 80

Never having been a ballet fan, I've always found most of it deadly dull. That said, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger made ballet seem exciting and colorful in their 1948 film, The Red Shoes. A classic then and now, not to be missed if for no other reason, the luminous Moira Shearer and Jack Cardiff's arresting cinematography. If you get a chance to see on the big screen, don't miss it, it's a fabulous show in the best of technicolor excess.

RIP Moira, like it or not, it's what you'll be best remembered for.

Donna

Not Afraid · 02-03-2006, 01:26 PM

The Aero is having a Powell-Pressburger series with The Red Shoes being shown on Friday, February 17th, at 7:30 pm.

Snowflake · 02-03-2006, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

The Aero is having a Powell-Pressburger series with The Red Shoes being shown on Friday, February 17th, at 7:30 pm.

Goddammit!

I'll miss this by a week!

Donna

02-03-2006, 01:13 PM	#1
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	RIP - Moira Shearer Moira Shearer Star of Powell/Pressburger The Red Shoes Dies at 80 Never having been a ballet fan, I've always found most of it deadly dull. That said, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger made ballet seem exciting and colorful in their 1948 film, The Red Shoes. A classic then and now, not to be missed if for no other reason, the luminous Moira Shearer and Jack Cardiff's arresting cinematography. If you get a chance to see on the big screen, don't miss it, it's a fabulous show in the best of technicolor excess. RIP Moira, like it or not, it's what you'll be best remembered for. Donna __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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02-03-2006, 01:26 PM	#2
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	The Aero is having a Powell-Pressburger series with The Red Shoes being shown on Friday, February 17th, at 7:30 pm.
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