Andersen's "The Red Shoes" is indeed a classic. Among the many interpretations and adaptations, some express human nature, greed and vanity, some are regarded as a devotion to a dream, and some also symbolize that an individual is coerced by the environment or the times and cannot escape. This film seems to have a little bit of it, but in the nesting of the play within the play, the conflict between ideals and love, and the (emotional) manipulation of the strong by the weak, make it even more tragic. Of course, the most memorable part of this film is the 17-minute "Red Shoes" ballet in the middle (I even think this film was made for this part). Because from the heroine to the supporting actors were all famous ballet dancers at that time, the professional level of this dance must not be said. But more importantly, with the unique artistic expression of the film, the director added expressionist light and shadow rendering, montage editing, virtual background transformation, etc., and further blurred the boundaries between inside and outside the play through the illusion of the heroine. I think it's pretty cool anyway. Although the film's ending makes the male lead's motive a little abrupt in order to achieve the female lead's fate, the masterpiece of the shooter duo (Powell and Pressburger) still deserves the honor of the top ten British film history.
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