52 Weeks, 52 Religious Films

Powell and Pressburger never cease to amaze me with every film I watch of theirs. The Red Shoes is no doubt their masterpiece, but Black Narcissus is just as visually stunning and ahead of its time.

Starring Deborah Kerr, Black Narcissus follows a group of nuns who try to fight temptation backdropped by the cold Himalayan's. The plot is pretty simple, but its acting is great and the cinematography is stunning. Winning Best Color Cinematography and Best Set Design, Black Narcissus is a dazzling film that doesn’t feel like a 1947 product at all. Which starts to feel like redundant thing to say about every Powell and Pressburger film.

52 Weeks, 52 Religious Films

Powell and Pressburger never cease to amaze me with every film I watch of theirs. The Red Shoes is no doubt their masterpiece, but Black Narcissus is just as visually stunning and ahead of its time.

Starring Deborah Kerr, Black Narcissus follows a group of nuns who try to fight temptation backdropped by the cold Himalayan's. The plot is pretty simple, but its acting is great and the cinematography is stunning. Winning Best Color Cinematography and Best Set Design, Black Narcissus is a dazzling film that doesn’t feel like a 1947 product at all. Which starts to feel like redundant thing to say about every Powell and Pressburger film.

cada día más convencida que el cgi arruinó el cine, con weas como esta cómo pueden seguir queriendo esa wea!!!!! Brutal la técnica y lo bonito que se ve con el technicolor, tienen que haber llorado sangre pintando esos fondos y recreando Calcuta en un estudio.

me dio penita por las monjas atormentadas pero definitivamente se pegaron tremenda actuación, tanto como para hacerme olvidar por un momento al wn de los shorts y su caballito enano. sobretodo la hermana ruth que se roba la película en esos últimos minutos <3

anyways cuatro estrellas y media para jack cardiff y las monjas devoronas.

pd: not jean simmons doing blackface 😭😭😭 y pensar que filmó todo esto en paralelo a hamlet

cada día más convencida que el cgi arruinó el cine, con weas como esta cómo pueden seguir queriendo esa wea!!!!! Brutal la técnica y lo bonito que se ve con el technicolor, tienen que haber llorado sangre pintando esos fondos y recreando Calcuta en un estudio.

me dio penita por las monjas atormentadas pero definitivamente se pegaron tremenda actuación, tanto como para hacerme olvidar por un momento al wn de los shorts y su caballito enano. sobretodo la hermana ruth que se roba la película en esos últimos minutos <3

anyways cuatro estrellas y media para jack cardiff y las monjas devoronas.

pd: not jean simmons doing blackface 😭😭😭 y pensar que filmó todo esto en paralelo a hamlet

Before I get into this story aspect of this movie, I just want to say that the restoration and the composition of the film are GORGEOUS. Much to be expected in a “The Archers” Powell and Pressburger directed and produced affair. This team had an incredible eye of having  color muted (or in some cases color absent) scenes story-boarded with the eye catching technicolor sequences that really draw in the viewer and capture their undivided attention. HOWEVER, the themes and dialogue in this story are incredibly dated and offensive to South and Central Asian people (I think there is a guy doing straight up brown face in this) and women in their religious relationships with God and Celibacy. This spoiler-ridden review by Kristen B. is a fantastic read and points out many of the dated and misogynistic beats of this story.

It’s really pretty, but those are the only legs it has.

Before I get into this story aspect of this movie, I just want to say that the restoration and the composition of the film are GORGEOUS. Much to be expected in a “The Archers” Powell and Pressburger directed and produced affair. This team had an incredible eye of having  color muted (or in some cases color absent) scenes story-boarded with the eye catching technicolor sequences that really draw in the viewer and capture their undivided attention. HOWEVER, the themes and dialogue in this story are incredibly dated and offensive to South and Central Asian people (I think there is a guy doing straight up brown face in this) and women in their religious relationships with God and Celibacy. This spoiler-ridden review by Kristen B. is a fantastic read and points out many of the dated and misogynistic beats of this story.

It’s really pretty, but those are the only legs it has.

Its not a phase sister Clodagh!

Its not a phase sister Clodagh!

fantastique. nearly ate the screen every time there was a gorgeous matte painting of the mountains and valleys or studio lights arranged to look like golden hour. truly nature is an incomprehensible force that causes us to confront ourselves 😨

fantastique. nearly ate the screen every time there was a gorgeous matte painting of the mountains and valleys or studio lights arranged to look like golden hour. truly nature is an incomprehensible force that causes us to confront ourselves 😨