Last Dance: Tanaquil Le ClercqJuly 13, 2014| by Sean Hughes | Category: Dance |
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Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq (2013), directed by Nancy Buirski — For balletomanes everywhere and people fond of late-1940's British movies; for Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale readers and "glorious Technicolor" aficionados; for girls and boys who hope to dance on stage at Covent Garden or Lincoln Center when they grow up; for members of Moira Shearer and Anton Walbrook fan clubs; for those who appreciate Brian Easdale film scores and Jack Cardiff cinematography; for hopeless romantics who become emotionally involved in rich, overripe stories of doomed love; for Martin Scorsese and Francis Coppola, who dusted off the overlooked work of fellow film director Michael Powell, late in his life, and helped to restore his most brilliant creations; for cinemaniacs around the world and for those of us who can see the flick fifty or a hundred times and never tire of it, The Red Shoes is a pinnacle on the high altar of Motion Picture Art, the ne plus ultra of movies about ballet and its sometimes delirious cosmos of dancing stars. When the 1948 Academy Awards were bestowed, The Red Shoes won three Oscars (Best Art Direction, Best Set Decoration, Best Scoring) and was nominated for two more--Best Screenplay and Best Picture.. [Read more] |
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