The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes
Saturday 16th December, 2023
Dir: Powell & Pressburger
UK 1948
133 mins
Cert: PG
The film will be shown with audio description available and closed captions. The introduction and Q&A will be British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreted.
Midlands Arts Centre offers complimentary tickets to companions and carers assisting customers for cinema screenings. Call the MAC box office on 0121 446 3232 to book tickets.
This dazzling Technicolor parable, starring Moira Shearer as the dancer forced to choose between love and art, is considered by many to be the duo’s masterpiece.
The film continues to inspire artists, in particular its mesmeric 17-minute dance sequence - see Matthew Bourne’s ballet of the same name, or even the musical numbers in Barbie.
Author of a new BFI Classics book on The Red Shoes, critic and curator Pamela Hutchinson will try to pinpoint what makes it so special and enduring in an introductory talk before the screening. Pamela will be joined by Flatpack's Ian Francis for a Q&A after the film.
José Arroyo chatted to Pamela about the book for his podcast First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film. Listen here.
Check out our full Powell & Pressburger line-up here.
