” ... of those who love, of those who hate – and one who loved too much ...”

Another old fave I was actually only reminded of just recently that I actually thought would take me much longer to stumble across again. It’s no wonder to me now that parts of it had stuck in my mind all these years while the specifics had slipped away – right from the moment when Margaret O’Brien first speaks in that breathy voice, “By watching you, Madame Bouchet …” it’s one of the most strangely arresting movies I’ve ever seen, if only for her weird performance.

It’s particularly clunky with a lot of dead air, but, well, if you know me and little ballerinas then you know me and little ballerinas, and the ballet and the colours here more than make up for its failings elsewhere for me. It’s just a pure little girl’s dream/nightmare movie and as such would maybe make a good companion to Curse of the Cat People that I watched just last month; but certainly an even better double bill would be with The Red Shoes ... it’s not a great or even halfway good movie by any means, but given its obscurity and how much I for one love it, will watch it over and over as long as I live, etc … it’s certainly a special one. I discovered at the IMDb (see it’s useful sometimes!!) that it’s a remake of an older French movie, Ballerina (La Mort de Cygne) which sounds fascinating … I’ll have to keep my eyes peeled …

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