Dance, dance, DANCE til ya dead! in *THE RED SHOES* (1948) | first time watching

[@ChrisWake]

The 4K of this is absolutely beautiful. Just doesn't register in my mind it's a movie from 1948.

[@Dej24601]

@@ChrisWakeScorsese’s foundation spent $250K to fully restore/conserve this. Technicolor has the long-lasting ability to be restored and retain its original, intense color saturation for many decades which is something that most film today does not have.

[@gigi-ij1hk]

It's easily one of the most beautiful movies ever made

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

Give credit to Jack Cardiff, one of the best directors of photography ever, most likely the best using technicolor

[@ASmiffff]

Black Narcissus by the same team is a must watch.

[@montego2]

Seconded.

[@melanie62954]

I would say that 5 or 6 of their films are must-watches!

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

I love _A Matter of Life and Death_ which is visually stunning

[@Dej24601]

No one used Technicolor more passionately than Powell & Pressburger with cinematographer Jack Cardiff. ❤️

[@Dej24601]

After you enjoy more of their spectacular color films, check out the most wonderful love story in black & white (1945 wartime budget limitations and avoiding the difficulties of trying to do color in rural locations:) I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING. Two more fascinating black & white productions are A Canterbury Tale and 49th Parallel. There is a powerful quality to Powell/Pressburger films that is hard to define - an ethereal, sometimes fairytale aspect, often spiritual or mystical, filled with realism and yet mythological. Exceptionally beautiful and deeply emotional.

[@eddhardy1054]

So glad you're finally discovering the mighty Powell & Pressburger. They made so many great films (A Matter of Life & Death, The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp, Black Narcissus and many many more). You're in for a treat MT. 🥰🥰🥰

[@fringelilyfringelily391]

... and my favourite, " I Know Where I'm Going" .

[@lisahumphries3898]

My mom danced ballet and was a teenager during the 40s, and of course, she loved this film. We always had to watch it when it came on TV. So beautiful.

[@robertjewell9727]

There is a ballet of THE RED SHOES produced a few years ago by Matthew Bourne based on the film with music by Bernard Herrmann which premiered in London and got great reviews. It was shown on the PBS program Great Perfirmances and should be available to watch.

[@patriciamcdermott2761]

I hope you get to see Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, it’s brilliant, beautifully done and cinematic ❤

[@magloyd4907]

I saw Bourne's Red Shoes ballet ,four years ago, and enjoyed it. But as we left the theatre the sudience was saying that it was lovely but they, like me, preferred the film.

[@Crumphorn]

Fun fact: Robert Helpmann, the man who is her dance partner in the actual 'Red Shoes' ballet is actually also the diabolically creepy 'Childcatcher' from the film, "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang" twenty years later.

[@melanie62954]

Love your reaction! I've read several books on Powell and Pressburger, and if I remember correctly, Julian scrapping the previous Red Shoes music and rewriting it, mirrored Pressburger's experience with the previous screenplay. He was an exceptional writer, with novelistic depth in his screenplays. They were the perfect team, because Powell brought out the nonverbal content so well in the films' visuals, usually with a potent, sensuous atmosphere. They shared credit, but Powell was primarily the director and Pressburger the screenwriter/producer, although they each gave consistent input through every part of the filmmaking process. Fun fact: When Gene Kelly was making An American in Paris, he showed the studio execs this film in order to convince them that a 10+ minute ballet would work on screen. Without The Red Shoes, we wouldn't have that film, or Singin' in the Rain! Another fun fact: Martin Scorcese was a big Powell and Pressburger fan, having seen The Red Shoes when he was a child. He introduced Powell to his editor, Thelma Schoonmaker, and she and Powell married shortly after. Scorcese and Schoonmaker have been the biggest forces in keeping the P&P legacy alive, restoring/preserving their films. They made a six year, six film streak of undisputed classics, which are all brilliant and unique: 1943--The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (a satirical bio of a pompous but lovable military man. Deborah Kerr has a fabulous triple role) 1944--A Canterbury Tale (an odd little film, but absolutely sublime, and my personal favorite) 1945--I Know Where I'm Going! (a delightful romcom set in the foggy air, craggy rocks, and tumultuous seas of the Scottish Hebrides Islands) 1946--A Matter of Life and Death (a triumph of production design, about a heavenly court case for a pilot's life) 1947--Black Narcissus (an unbelievably intense story of nuns losing their marbles in the Himalayas) 1948--The Red Shoes. I even love Gone to Earth from 1950 and Tales of Hoffmann from 1951 (Moira Shearer also dances in this one!). And of course, there's Powell's solo project in 1960, Peeping Tom, an interesting companion piece to Hitchcock's Psycho, since it came out just two months prior. Moira Shearer has a dance scene in Peeping Tom too, but not ballet.

[@tommoncrieff1154]

Hitch and Powell both visionary British directors. But while the shock of Psycho cemented Hitch’s fame and reputation, the shock of Peeping Tom stalled Powell’s career.

[@gigi-ij1hk]

As this film weren't already meta enough (a movie about a fictional ballet based on a real story), there is now an actual ballet adaptation AND a Broadway musical.

[@agenttheater5]

I heard about the ballet (Matthew Bourne) but I didn't hear about it being a musical

[@gigi-ij1hk]

@@agenttheater5 Let's just say it wasn't a hit (it flopped)

[@andy0liver]

Without doubt, The Archers (Pressburger and Powell) are my all time favourite film makers. An incredible body of work that pushed the boundaries of cinema, story telling and the art of film. I'd love to see you react to more

[@etherealtb6021]

Same. They were so brilliant. Funny, dramatic, creepy, they did it all.

[@2020Bookworm]

The death scene was the first scene of the movie that they filmed.

[@izzonj]

MIA!!!! I'M SO GLAD YOU PICKED THIS!!! And man, I fall so in love with the lovely Moira Shearer whenever I watch this

[@SueProv]

Scorsese loves this movie. Looking forward to seeing your reaction Mia.

[@HeidiBrown-hh5gy]

This film always gets me… the choice of romance or following a dream. I cry every time!!!!!!!

[@juandesalgado]

This reminded me of Sydney Pollack's "They shoot horses, don't they?" (1969)... which is not exactly about ballet, but certainly about dancing till you die.

[@jaccilowe3842]

I've been dying for you to get around to this one! Anton Walbrook's performance is so dark and unsettling; I predict you are going to love it!

[@Dej24601]

@@jaccilowe3842 and his performance in “Colonel Blimp” is one of the greatest ever! Such delicacy and deep power, and so profoundly moving as his character ages!

[@beansfriend7033]

Omg, I'm so glad you did this one; I hadn't realized it was on deck. Heading off to watch now - can't wait!

[@cliffchristie5865]

The principal male dancer in the company - who would routinely play the romantic leads - is played by Robert Helpmann, best remembered these days for playing the evil child catcher in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".

[@ericjanssen394]

And also played a more benign Mad Hatter (to Peter Sellers’ March Hare and Dudley Moore’s Dormouse) in the 1972 “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, one of my favorite adaptations: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWmchn5mi5yVsJofeature=shared

[@agenttheater5]

I think there's a portrait of him at the Sydney Opera House

[@brettcoster4781]

He was not only the principal male dancer, he was the choreographer of The Red Shoes. And he was a great Australian dancer, Sir Bobby Helpman.

[@liteflightify]

I would also recommend Black Narcissus and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Both also directed by Michael Powell. Both feature some of Deborah Kerr's best work. Both two of the standout films from the 40s.

[@Crumphorn]

A kind of sequel to this movie - by the same production team - is 'The Tales of Hoffmann'. It may not quite be the kind of thing you do for your video essays on KZbin but it's still a great film.

[@patriciamcdermott2761]

Thank you for watching The Red Shoes, Scorcese had it shown in cinemas so film students could see it on the big screen. I went to see it with friends, it’s impact was overwhelming, emotionally visually. They brought a dreamlike fairytale quality to the screen in I know where I’m going, it’s in black and white and is magical.

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

The Red Shoes is my favorite film. Interestingly, I just got back from FF Coppola's "Megalopolis" and he basically recreates the Red Shoes' "opened letter" breakfast scene in it. I haven't seen one critic even notice this homage. A lot of so-called film critics these days have p*ss-poor knowledge of movie history, which is why I respect very few of them. I know more than they do, for one thing. I kinda liked Megalopolis, btw, for various reasons.

[@Me-gy7yk]

A Matter of Life and Death is a must. Nobody else has done this classic!

[@darrenkane2109]

I finally watched this movie last week, and it's an absolute masterpiece! Best dance sequence in a film ever. Love your reaction, as always.

[@YvesFey]

I watched this throughout my life, starting as a child. In my top five! A masterpiece. Thank you for watching it.

[@geraldmcboingboing7401]

Great reaction, Mia!! Your appreciation of pre-1970 cinema is unmatched. Leonide Massine (first name is pronounced, "Lay-o-need," with the stress on the last syllable) became the preeminent male star of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1915 after Vaslav Nijinsky's departure.

[@perrymalcolm3802]

Your research should also say that the RS n Black Narcissus are in the top 5 most gorgeous Technicolor movies of all time!! Also u left out the great Robert Helpmann!! Hint: he was the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!!

[@mlkeller2812]

I'm so beyond happy to have found your channel!! I was raised on old movies, they reminded my mom of her mom 💜 It's been so fun to see your reactions and awesome humor 💜My favorite movie when I was 9 was Vertigo, which, growing up in the early 2000s, meant that I really didn't have any friends that would let me pick what we would watch during sleepovers 😅 love, love, love your channel! 💜💜

[@chrislewis2946]

OMG please do A matter of life and death! Black Narcissist also! They are genius filmmakers!

[@Dej24601]

In the film The Birdcage, “Albert” (Nathan Lane) has a quick line near the beginning, often missed by audiences, when he is saying how he doesn’t want to go on stage- that Victoria Page will not be dancing the dance of the red shoes- and hardly anyone gets the reference. But this is what he is talking about.

[@etherealtb6021]

My mom and I were the only ones who laughed at that joke in the theatre.

[@fruzsimih7214]

P&P's I Know Where I'm Going! is easily one of the best romantic comedies ever made. Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is also a must watch.

[@RenfrewPrume]

Hope you’ll watch more Michael Powell movies, as he is one of my favorite directors. A great follow-up would be “Tales of Hoffman” (1951), anther ballet movie. Also top-notch are “A Matter of Life and Death” (1946), “Black Narcissus” (1947), “Thief of Bagdad” (1940), and two outstanding war movies, “49th Parallel” (1941) and “One of Our Aircraft Is Missing” (1942).

[@Serai3]

Disney has conditioned people to think fairy tales are happy. But in the main, they're not. They're usually tragic, or horrible, or sad. Look up the original ending of Snow White some time!

[@Dej24601]

@@Serai3 yes, and The Little Mermaid is likewise tragic and filled with shocking instances of pain. The story was drastically changed for the Disney release. And of course, then there is Bambi 💔💔💔💔💔

[@r3adrpro811]

@@Dej24601 The Brothers Grimm were certainly grim and Hans Christian Anderson (who wrote The Red Shoes, The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen, the inspiration of sorts for Frozen) favored the same with plenty of sad/creepy endings. These tales were meant to teach lessons to children, including virtues like obedience and hard work.

[@agenttheater5]

@@r3adrpro811 that's not how fairytales started though - they used to be stories for everyone, people just decided they'd be good for children at some point

[@tommoncrieff1154]

The plot of the original fairy tale is really quite horrific, it’s written as warning. Most fairy tales were warnings and often had horrible endings to frighten children into good behaviour rather than the saccharine princess-type stuff we have today. I believe that Moira Shearer to this day remains the only Prima Ballerina to come from Scotland. This film catapulted her to worldwide fame. She did make a few other movie appearances but nothing to rival this. Anton Walbrook is one of my favourite actors. He was utterly mesmerising in this role. The film is a masterpiece.

[@r3adrpro811]

@@tommoncrieff1154 The Story of Three Loves is an interesting film. Shearer dances to the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and is glorious to watch (the other two segments are interesting, to say the least)

[@jakehamilton9352]

Mia, you are so insightful. Watching anything with you is a real joy.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Thank you so much! And thank you for watching 😁

[@agenttheater5]

24:05 Because he believes you must only love dance and nothing else or your dancing will fail.

[@ead630]

This is made by Powell & Pressburger, and one of the best movies Powell ever made, and probably his most beautiful is the wonderful "The Thief of Bagdad" from 1940! If you ever mean to check out the other films by this duo, don't forget about The Thief of Bagdad!

[@HuntingViolets]

Watched this right before putting your reaction on. I wasn't ready for that either! I'm pretty sure ballerinas and actresses took lovers back in the day. Ballerinas, particularly, had short careers and could possibly have a family after it was over. Moira Shearer gave such a good acting performance for someone who hadn't previously been an actress. I hope she was happy with it finally even though it was inaccurate. It's always weird when a movie that is supposed to be showing you something that happens on stage shows you things that can't possibly be shown on stage. Beautiful film. I've been hearing a lot about P&P the last couple of years as they influenced _Good Omens_ (with another film).

[@karenlarsen8176]

Thank you. My mother’s favorite movie.

[@agenttheater5]

I read somewhere that someone said that throughout the war years (this was in England) they'd all constantly been told to die for freedom, and that here suddenly was a film telling them to die for art instead - and that after ten years of hearing the one, the other seemed a much better option.

[@stevenhomer3692]

I see A Place in the Sun behind you. Can’t wait to see your reaction to it. It is a fabulous movie.

[@MoviesWithMia]

I am glad you noticed that!! Can't wait!

[@brucecampo6543]

Yes I saw that too ,one of my favorites, looking forward to Mia's reaction as well

[@brucecampo6543]

@@MoviesWithMia Hi Mia! Great reaction! would love to see what you think of Splendor in the Grass with Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty

[@zmani4379]

Nice reaction - I love the way Powell and Pressburger embrace the role of artifice, and how they seek to use cinema as a way of integrating the other arts - another striking example is Tales of Hoffman - and Black Narcissus also shares this neurotic sexual energy saturated in rich colors - Colonel Blimp feels very different, but is also wonderful - Powell's career took a nosedive w Peeping Tom, which is now viewed as a peer to Psycho - Scorsese helped revive him - also see Black Swan as a response to Red Shoes

[@MotherOf-Ferrets]

LOVED THIS! I have never seen The Red Shoes and I was not expecting that ending either!!! Great video as always, I can't say enough how much I love the historical background you give on all of these. You always leave me wanting MORE info about these amazing shows! GIRL YOU WILL LOVE Pillow Talk, it is just adorable. Rock Hudson and Doris Day have some AMAZING chemistry! I wish they did more than 3 films together. They go well together like Myrna Loy and William Powell.

[@MrDavidcairns]

Lovely reaction, thoughtful as always. I had the great pleasure of making friends with Lawrie Knight who was a very junior assistant on The Red Shoes and other Powell & Pressburger films. He testified to Powell's tyrannical side, rather like Lermontov.

[@DaveF.]

Lovely film - you should check out anything else by Powell and Pressburger - especially A Matter of Life and Death or The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

[@JohnTWilliamsFilms]

Such a great film. As a screen dance filmmaker working with dancers, choreographers, and designers, the most dramatic stories are off stage. I was always glad to be "behind the camera."

[@foliofugio]

From my experiences interacting with people in the arts (I myself studied music as one of my college majors) I really resonate with this film because of the way many try to make art and humanity at odds with each other. It is possible to find balance in both, and indeed, to some extant is necessary - were I to have either no music or no life, I should be very unhappy. Lovely video.

[@rabbitandcrow]

Oh heck yes. This fever dream of a movie is one of the great movies about being an artist. Masterpiece.

[@davidcarter5038]

On her album "The Red Shoes", Kate Bush references Michael Powell in the song "Moments of Pleasure". She had met him in New York shortly before he died to discuss working with him.

[@waldorfstatler3129]

As others have commented here, I'm glad you are going down the Powell & Pressburger rabbit hole. Their films are masterpieces. I urge you to check them out.

[@Temeraire101]

Can I suggest 1946 movie starring David Niven ‘A Matter of Life and Death’ (called Stairway to Heaven in America). I reckon you’ll love it.🙂

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

Seconded!

[@etherealtb6021]

I adore this movie!

[@dq405]

Absolutely one to watch!

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

Though it's now slipped down a little in my P&P rankings from once being my favourite film ever, it's still brilliant.

[@glass_of_brandy]

I love love love this movie!!!

[@jeffbassin630]

Loved your review and comments regarding this classic film!

[@claireeyles7560]

One of my absolute favourite films, and just so incredible to watch the fantastic cinematography, art design, use of colour and of course to see the beyond legendary Leonide Massine dance the role of the shoemaker.

[@fringelilyfringelily391]

Let's not forget that other great, the great Robert Helpmann.

[@ninawildr4207]

One of my top 10 movies❤❤❤ loved your reaction...I started coloring my hair copper for many years ...Im very fair/ pale so people thought it was real😂

[@tommyboy500]

I love how you research each and every movie It's so interesting to me. I love your channel ❤️ You look beautiful today......looking forward to the next review!! Have a great evening!!! Good night mia 😊 Review. STARMAN BY JOHN CARPENTER An 80's film......I thoroughly enjoyed it Anyway.... Goodnight again!

[@stilltainted922]

i loved this movie so much i have a tattooo of the red ballet shoes

[@MoviesWithMia]

That is awesome!!

[@jenniferrussellstudio]

One very important aspect of Hans Christian Anderson's stories that is not currently fashionable, is that the characters suffer UNTIL they repent and then ascend to heaven. Christianity was HUGE in his time and stories. In the Red Shoes, after the girl sins by coveting the red shoes and ignoring God, and after the shoes are cut off, she is taken in by the church where she works and prays until she is redeemed. Yeah, she dies, but heaven is the best reward-according to Anderson.

[@joehuiras4955]

I literally just watched this a few days ago. crazy

[@MoviesWithMia]

“‘Twas fate that brought us together” 😁

[@philipholder5600]

One of my all time favorites!

[@MFuria-os7ln]

Great choice!!!👏👏👏❤❤❤

[@agenttheater5]

21:05 No one wronged him - his life revolves around dance. He allows no space for anything else in his life and he demands that of his company as well. His drive is his overwhelming passion for love.

[@brandonhamaguchi]

Please consider watch the movies with subtitles on (even English ones like this), it will be better to catch what they are saying on those quick cuts!

[@RMBittner]

I’d recommend listening to the Kate Bush song “The Red Shoes,” which is a terrific musical retelling of the story.

[@cliffordwaterton3543]

I have always admired Powell's films, 'A Matter of Life and Death' being my favourite. There is something about the use of colour in his films which give them an 'otherworldly' quality. It is a little ironic that the film which almost destroyed his career, the psychological thriller, 'Peeping Tom', is now viewed as a cult classic.

[@cwdkidman2266]

About time!!!

[@ScottAinge-tm4lz]

I did see a same thingwhen I watch black swan another ballet film and I can see the background a place in the sun it will be great for your future reaction i can't wait to watch reaction of pillow talk I'm am huge fan of Doris Day

[@luissegovia8205]

Great movie ...but My fav it's i known where i'm going , fantastic power -pressburger film !!!

[@erikaleksandermoe1634]

I think that the notion of not being allowed to have both love and be a great dancer is that your focus is split. You won't be able to do what is required, to make the necessary sacrifices if you have a split focus. I love this movie so much, as with all of Powell/Pressburger films. Please watch the other great ones too, The Life And Death of Coronel Blimp, Black Narcissus, A Matter Of Life And Death, The Small Back Room, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, The Tales of Hoffmann.

[@fringelilyfringelily391]

... and best of all, I Know. Where I'm Going.

[@theodorenovak3363]

This has always been an old favorite movie of mine I even used to have this on video disk at 1 time. I wish I knew how to message you directly because I do have a challenge of a film for you to watch and it's only 14 minutes long and I would love to see your reaction at the end of this film.

[@HannibalFan52]

Leonide (LAY - oh -NEED) Massine also appeared in 'The Tales of Hoffman', along with Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, and Ludmila Tcherina. (The only performer who sang his own role in that film was Robert Rounsville as Hoffmann.) Robert Helpmann later appeared in 1972's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' as the Mad Hatter, and gave generations of children nightmares as the Child Catcher in 'Chitty Ch9tty Bang Bang'. (During a rehearsal of the scene with the Child Catcher driving his coach, the cage section started to tip over. Mr. Helpmann felt it going, so he jumped up on the seat, ran along the edge of the cage, and leapt off to land safely on the ground.) You really need to watch 'A Matter of Life and Death'/'Stairway to Heaven' (0946). It stars David Niven, Kim Hunter, and Roger Livesey, and features Marius Goring as Conductor 71. Inspired by a true incident, it's a lighthearted, yet thought-provoking film. It's also another Powell/Pressburger film.

[@theresecaruso1239]

Hello Mia, I'm a newbie and love your site...

[@MoviesWithMia]

Hello and welcome! Thanks for watching ☺️

[@honeysucklei]

please do BLACK NARCISSUS

[@agenttheater5]

17:12 She's dead, worn out, her hair is ratty, her clothes are rags - but the shoes look like they've never been worn.

[@roberthansen9294]

I feel as I can only with this movie that this is the most incredible beautiful movie ever for dance 💃

[@joehuiras4955]

If the mayor from Footloose were there to stop her from dancing, sh*t would not have gone down the way it did

[@MoviesWithMia]

😂😂😂

[@MsBackstager]

Tragically beautiful.

[@dq405]

Powell and Pressburger: their minor films are wonderful, their major films are like nothing else. From very good to superb: THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE, CONTRABAND, 49th PARALLEL, A CANTERBURY TALE, I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING, TALES OF HOFFMANN, GONE TO EARTH, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, BLACK NARCISSUS. My favourite Powell and Pressburger film is usually the one I've just watched.

[@juneseghni]

You can't be a slave to two masters is the concept. ie dance, or love.

[@Dej24601]

Locations: Covent Garden Opera House, London (Exteriors only) The Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, London (Where Vicky dances Swan Lake, home of Ballet Rambert) Paris Opera - Theatre National Opéra, Paris, France (Exterior only, the interior shown later is in the studio) Gare de Lyon, Paris, France Monte Carlo railway station, Monte Carlo, Monaco Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo, Monaco Villa Leopolda, Villefranche, France (Lermontov's villa and the "fairy princess" staircase) Studio: Victorine Studios, Nice Studio: Pinewood Studios

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

Oh, please, please, please do more Powell & Pressburger! They are the greatest film-makers in British cinema's history, and my favourite film-makers of all time. It still infuriates me how the British press were so sniffy and dismissive of them and how only the Americans seemed to give them their due. In a way all of Powell & Pressburger's films have something of the fairytale about them. Even their war films are at once mythic, charged and surreal. And that's how they saw the world around them - how many British saw the world around them during the war. It was a time of waking science-fiction where daily life was interupted by robot-bombs and sudden flashes of violent surrealism, captured brilliantly also by the American photographer Lee Miller residing in Britain at the time.This charged combination of dream-like lyricism and hard-edged wartime agency completely bewildered critics at the time who hated P&P and accused them of being pretentious, an unjust accusation as their movies were made with deep feeling. After the war Powell & Pressburger provided a giddy, slightly feverish escape in their beautiful technicolour films which British audiences responded to with a craving to escape post-war austerity. There's a lot of comments (rightly) praising and suggesting Black Narcissus and A Matter of Life & Death, but here are three of my favourites... 1: A Cantebury Tale - Nothing more highlights Powell & Pressburger's obsession with the living fairytale of war-time Britain, while at the same time giving voice to the hopes and fears of the young wartime generation, combined with a love of the countryside and spiritual roots of the nation. A young American sergeant from the mid-west meets up with a young British officer and a land-girl in an attempt to solve a (knowingly rather perverse) local mystery. Through it they eventually walk their own pilgrimage to Cantebury, each to receive a blessing. It's utterly beautiful and the natural charm of US Sgt. John Sweet (who was not a professional actor) completely washes over any flaws in his performance. The film is a little rougher looking owing to budget limitations than the technicolour features, but it has a strange power. Makes you blub a bit at the end. 2: I Know Where I'm Going - Romance based in remote Scotland, again shot through with mysticism. Wendy Hiller is great as the hard-nosed woman who 'knows where she's going', and Roger Livesey is superb as the local penniless Scottish laird with a ridiculously amazing voice. Features Pamela Brown, who for my money is the most beautiful woman who ever lived. 3: The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp - Basically Britain's answer to Citizen Kane, being a generation spanning fictional biopic - only this about someone who's misguided but who has a good soul. Roger Livesey again in the title role, convincingly playing a man both young and old, and also features Deborah Kerr as a repeated motif defining his life and Anton Walbrook, who gives one of the most moving speeches in cinema history. The film looks incredible, as beautiful as The Red Shoes. Fingers crossed you do more P&P! They're up there with Hayao Miyazaki for consistency - and share a bit of his vision too.

[@fringelilyfringelily391]

A Canterbury Tales is their weirdest movie; (the Glue Man?) ... I loved it nearly as much as I Know Where I'm Going.

[@fringelilyfringelily391]

Lermentov is based onDiaghilev, the genius impresario of the early 20th century ... he did indeed cut off his lover, the great Nijinsky, when he made him choose between his new marriage or continue to dance with Les Ballets Russe,... Leonide Massine , who was later also Diaghilev's lover, plays The Cobbler in The Red Shoes Ballet.

[@gwwaz]

I’ve seen The Red Shoes a couple of times. I found it a very different movie. I thought it was fascinating.

[@kaylinblack791]

Omg please watch this movie from 1947 -Framed. My husband and I stumbled across it while we were dating and omg it’s wonderful. ❤😆

[@MoviesWithMia]

Noted! Thanks for the recommendation 😊

[@richardpowell1019]

More Powell and Pressburger reactions is what we’re all saying! Please? 🙏 😂

[@valenciadebato6093]

This movie inspired me to become a ballet dancer.

[@CRAkins1020]

Put on Your Red Shoes and Dance the Blues

[@ninawildr4207]

Yes!!!❤❤❤

[@agenttheater5]

8:17 It's the big leagues - you can't always expect friendly faces in the big leagues, sadly enough

[@agenttheater5]

thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you! Not enough people watch this movie!

[@meheuck]

I'm sure you'll want to save the bulk of their films for first time reacting, but there is a great new documentary about the makers of THE RED SHOES, Powell & Pressberger, called MADE IN ENGLAND, directed by Martin Scorsese, that just finished a theatrical run and should be available to stream soon. After you've seen the big ones on their resume, this will be dessert.

[@r3adrpro811]

Don't assume anything about the expected gender roles of men and women when the movie was made! Just enjoy the movie for what it is, the story of "he has no heart, that man" and his muse and the commitment to art by the artists who create it. Now here is something for you to think about, Mia. Lernantov was based on Sergei Diaghaliev, who was the impressario who created the Ballet Russes in 1909. The Victoria character is a really a female version of Vladimir Nijinsky, who was one of the great MALE dancers of the early 20th Century, who created many roles and choreographed even a few ballets for Ballet Russes (Afternoon of a Faun, Rite of Spring, and Petrushka are some of the better known ones - and the music of Heart of Fire and The Red Shoes Ballet sound very much like Stravinsky and Prokofiev, who wrote Rite of Spring and Petrushka, respectively, and would be well known concert pieces in the 1940s when the movie was made). Tne men became lovers soon after meeting in 1908 and Diagihlev directed/controlled Nijinsky's life, but in 1913, when Nijinsky got married (and eventually had two children), Nijinsky was dismissed from the company by Diaghaliev. Like Victoria, Nijinsky danced only a hand full of times after leaving the Ballet Russes. Unlike Victoria, Nijinsky did not commit suicide; his ending may be even more tragic. He developed schizophrenia soon after leaving the Ballet Russe (although the signs it developing were evident before). He was in and out of asylums for the rest of his life, eventually dying of kidney failure in 1950, after The Red Shoes was made. By the way, his wife, Romola never left him despite all the hardships he was enduring.

[@ninawildr4207]

Loved your comment❤

[@KSilverlode]

Regarding the long line of red shoes - pointe shoes don't last long. Professional dancers will often modify or break in shoes in specific ways before wearing them for performances, and depending on the difficulty of the role, a pair may only last one performance, or only part of one performance, before "dying" (yes, that's the term used). It is typical for professional dancers to go through multiple pairs per week so they would have needed a large stock. Your comment about the makeup reminding you of the 80s is...accurate, but backwards. 80s fashion took a lot of inspiration from the 40s.

[@Cinderella72291]

Would your next video be the movie On the Town? Gene Kelly is in it and has amazing tap scenes including the song "Prehistoric Man" I promise you you'll love it.

[@Psiupsiugatinho]

Mia, can you watch "Raggedy Man"? Eric Roberts was breathtaking in that movie. ❤

[@agenttheater5]

13:35 The beliefs of the time vs what we know now

[@Veigueta]

Best react channel

[@MoviesWithMia]

Thank you kindly 😁

[@DanielOrme]

It's been said that this movie has made more young girls want to become ballet dancers than anything else ever made. I love this movie, even though I've never been to a ballet performance and my knowledge of the art is (except for this film) pretty much nonexistent. There have been a couple of times when watching it, though, when I turn it off about two-thirds of the way through. Sometimes I just can't take a tragic ending.

[@fringelilyfringelily391]

There are many great ballets by the world's greatest companies on You Tube .... to ease your way in, can I recommend Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake? It 's on Prime and other platforms. now.

[@billverno6170]

Hans Christian Anderson didn’t write the ending of the movie. The fairy tale was the story in the ballet. The rest of the story was written by contemporary writers.

[@agenttheater5]

Probably has nothing to do with the movie, but the actor playing Lermontov I think was Austrian. He was gay and his mother was Jewish. So when the Nazis marched in - he managed to get out in time (first to France and then to England before the nazis arrived in France). But they would have come after him because of his mother even if they didn't know about him being gay. But, even though I know it has nothing to do with the movie, knowing that does sort of add something to his replying to the question of 'Why do you want to live?' 'I don't know exactly but....I must'. you know what I mean?

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

Yep. Good comment. He delivers a speech direct from the heart in Life & Death of Colonel Blimp, which is probably my favourite film.

[@cliffchristie5865]

Lermontov is great idea for a character but not a nice guy. He definitely wants Victoria for himself both professionally and personally but can only express it in harsh terms. His notion of self sacrifice is to want the girl - even to be able to have her - but not act on it. And he demands the same commitment in return. If there is a villain in the story, he's it, but doesn't realize that himself until too late. Some may think that art is literally worth dying for. I would disagree.

[@etherealtb6021]

Agree with everything, except he doesn't want her personally. He wants her artistry. He can't be a great dancer himself, so he creates great dancers.

[@cliffchristie5865]

@@etherealtb6021 Not to press it, but I think he wants her bad. He just hates the idea of admitting it, even to himself. This may or may not have also applied to his previous prima ballerina, but it does apply to Victoria. ( So we can just agree to disagree.)

[@gigi-ij1hk]

That toxic impresario / performer relationship has repeated itself over and over again in the ballet world (whether or not Moira wanted to admit it)

[@etherealtb6021]

@@cliffchristie5865 Sure! I've thought about it a lot, lol. I think he's asexual and his only love is ballet. But your interpretation is valid!

[@cwdkidman2266]

What did Michael Powell.touch that didnt become gold? Or Classic? Or just plain Necessary? He commited career-icide in 1960 with Peeping Tom, about the dark side of filming. Then he got one last job in 1969 and introduced the world to Helen Mirren. Ms. Mirren said, "Do nudity? Are you kidding? The WORLD needs to be introduced to my naked body!" So Mr. Powell introduced the world to the British Meryl Streep's fantastic body as well as her fantastic acting! Too bad she saved so much of her fiery young beauty for the stage, especially Cleopatra and Lady Macbeth. But even The Queen couldnt hide her voluptuousness. And so if not for Michael Powell, we dont get Helen Mirren. And Powell was the English Polanski, the English Antonioni, and Hitchcock without the neuroses and self-promotion. And almost as casually fascinating as Howard Hawks. Almost. Hawks was too ... normal. Hollywood's Unfucked-Up Genius-Auteur. Just ask the French. Hawks could never have made Peeping Tom because HIS reasons for making movies were different. Movies were FUN to make, according to HH. A trait he passed along to QT. POWELL? MY GOD!!! He kept his demons inside or 100 Chinese boxes.

[@agenttheater5]

13:21 If there was red int he dress it would draw attention away from the shoes - the shoes are in fact the real star of the story, right down to the spotlight only focusing on them once 'the Girl' dies.