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In Friday’s NY Times, Alastair Macaulay writes a nice piece on one of my favorite films of all time - Powell and Pressburgers’ “The Red Shoes”. Evidently it is the 60th anniversary of the film, so if you’re looking for something to do this weekend, and you happen to be nursing a sunburn/not interested in being outdoors, this may be something to watch.

Powell and Pressburger

I wrote a bit more in depth about the film in a previous post (from 2005, yikes!).

One of the greatest things about this movie, besides the intriguing characters and beautiful cinematography, are the choice lines - usually delivered by Lermontov.

Lermontov

“Even the greatest magician cannot produce a rabbit out of a hat, if there is not already a rabbit in the hat.”

Here’s a clip of the gown/staircase/Monte Carlo scene Alastair describes…

alternately, here’s a version of some of the dancing parts of the film set to Timbaland’s “Apologize”… wait for it at 48secs…

and of course to the “Kill Bill” soundtrack…