The Red shoes
The Red shoes
#0The Red shoes
Posted: 10/19/04 at 6:04pmHas anyone ever heard of the Red shoes? What's it about? What are the characters?
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#2re: The Red shoes
Posted: 10/19/04 at 6:07pmno zoran...i asked her about that. Apparently that's not what she's talking about. *shrugs*
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#3re: The Red shoes
Posted: 10/19/04 at 6:08pmomg, zoran, I hope not. I want to delete this whole thread now lol
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#4re: The Red shoes
Posted: 10/19/04 at 7:59pmAre U talking about the Ballet movie? It feastures the Hans Anderson story.
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#5re: The Red shoes
Posted: 10/19/04 at 8:37pm
Opening Night Cast
Steve Barton Boris Lermontov
Margaret Illmann Victoria Page
Leslie Browne Irina Boronskaya
George de la Peña Grisha Ljubov
Tad Ingram Sergei Ratov
Hugh Panaro Julian Craster
Amy Wilder Victoria Page Alternate
The 1993 musical by Jule Styne with Music was by Jule Styne book by playwright Marsha Norman and lyrics were by Marcia Norman and Paul Stryker. Choreography was by Lar Lubovitch and the direction was by film director Stanley Donen (who's only Broadway credit was as a 16-year-old dancer in the original Pal Joey at the Barrymore Theatre). Mr. Styne's score re-used some old tunes from other shows which didn't fare well either. It was a big disaster and not the final triumph we would have wished for Jule Styne.
Preview: Nov 2, 1993 Total Previews: 51
Opening: Dec 16, 1993
Closing: Dec 19, 1993 Total Performances: 5
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#6re: The Red shoes
Posted: 10/19/04 at 8:59pmStryker was really Bob Merrill under an assumed name if I recall
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#7re: The Red shoes
Posted: 10/19/04 at 9:01pmlol. i thought this was about adam's red shoes. sorry. i'll shut up.
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#8re: The Red shoes
Posted: 10/19/04 at 10:20pm
To quote Sheila from A Chorus Line:
Let's get one thing straight: I never heard of "The Red Shoes." I never saw "The Red Shoes." I don't give a sh** about "The Red Shoes."
#9re: The Red shoes
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:17amTHe movie is fabulous. Check it out.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#10re: The Red shoes
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:19amoh, ponine.... lol!
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#11re: The Red shoes
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:21am
*crosses eyes* at the youth of BWW!
It's an amazing movie...
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
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#12re: The Red shoes
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:21am
S FL Marc
That was Val right before Dance 10 Looks 3
shelia loved The Red Shoes
#14re: The Red shoes
Posted: 10/20/04 at 11:45am
Based on the great English movie - out on a fabulous dvd
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000IPHT/qid=1098287315/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/104-4342053-4195144
My mother always used to say, "The older you get, the better you get, unless you're a banana." - Rose Nyland
Updated On: 10/20/04 at 11:45 AM
#15re: The Red shoes
Posted: 4/12/08 at 1:54pm
I saw this for the first time last night. Sublime.
Powell and Pressburger have never been better. And Moira Shearer is simply amazing.
....but the world goes 'round
#16re: The Red shoes
Posted: 4/12/08 at 2:06pm
One of my favorite movies...
Unfortunate Broadway musical version--Jules Styne's last work.
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"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
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#17re: The Red shoes
Posted: 4/12/08 at 2:16pmI haven't seen it but Powell and Pressburger are AWESOME!
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#19re: The Red shoes
Posted: 4/13/08 at 9:27am
The Red Shoes is brilliant and haunting.
See it for these reasons:
The wonderful ballet scenes. The Red Shoes Ballet is choreographed by Robert Helpmann, who in addition to appearing as a principle in this film, also played the Child Catcher in the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
See it for the incredible rare beauty and talent of Moira Shearer.
See it for the artistry of legendary cinematographer Jack Cardiff. Together with the Academy Award-winning art direction, you won't believe your eyes.
And HEAR it for the gorgeous, Oscar-winning original music score by Brian Easdale. It's as much a feast for the ears as it is for the eyes.
It's a fascinating, deeply intense story about the struggle for artistic perfection and how it can affect our lives.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#20re: The Red shoes
Posted: 4/13/08 at 9:30am
I think one of the most interesting artistic choices is during the Red Shoes ballet P&P used several camera techniques to aid the story of the ballet (cross fades, super-imposed backgrounds, etc).
I wonder why they didn't simply film the it as the audience would have seen it, like the ballet in An American In Paris.
Thoughts?
....but the world goes 'round
#21re: The Red shoes
Posted: 4/13/08 at 9:35am
Well, I don't think either were filmed as the audience would have seen it, but the Red Shoes Ballet goes much further into surrealism.
I think we're seeing what's going on in her mind. Not what's going on in the theatre on that stage. The incredible shot of the conductor walking right up out of the orchestra pit and dissolving into her leading man sums that up for me visually.
This is a filmed ballet with the intent of capturing the emotion of the dancers, not with capturing their performances.
It's about what they're feeling, not what they're doing, in other words.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#22re: The Red shoes
Posted: 4/13/08 at 9:44am
Well said. I got a similar impression. And that shot from her POV when the audience becomes an ocean with the composer standing in front is stunning.
And yes, the music is beautiful.
I want to see it again now.
....but the world goes 'round
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