The Red Shoes - Pamela Hutchinson (BFI Film Classics) Japanese gun-running

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Months after surviving a terrorist attack a woman remains traumatised and confused by the events of that night

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Inventive monochrome period sci-fi thriller

The Red Shoes - Pamela Hutchinson (BFI Film Classics) Japanese gun-running'The Red Shoes' by Pamela Hutchinson (BFI Film Classics paperback 112 pages) Pamela Hutchinson's study of 'The Red Shoes' examines its breathtaking use of Technicolour, music, choreography, editing and art direction at the zenith of Powell and Pressburger's capacity for 'composed cinema'. Through a close reading of key scenes, particularly the film's famous extended ballet sequence, she considers the unconventional use of ballet as uncanny spectacle