Thursday, January 12, 2012
Film / Television Michael Powell-Palooza: Four of the Most Gorgeous Movies Ever Made in Color, Tonight on TCM
Posted by Jim Ridley on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:02 PM
I ran into moviegoers who harbored grudges about that for years. If any of them are out there, I'll pass along the notice that Turner Classic Movies is showing Black Narcissus and three other Powell-Pressburger classics tonight as part of its month-long salute to cinematographer Jack Cardiff. You'll understand the tribute once you see these movies (and the accompanying Cardiff documentary Cameraman at 10 p.m.). Color is emotion, and the intensity of those bloody reds and seething blues is directly proportionate to the ache they express.
Ideally, you should (or could) see these on the big screen. When a few years ago The Belcourt showed a flawless new print of The Red Shoes, a movie that struck me in an initial TV viewing as florid and overwrought — which goes double for Black Narcissus — the sumptuous visual scheme and outsized emotions suddenly looked properly scaled. But tonight on TCM, it's safe to say you won't have to worry that the movies will turn out bismuth pink.
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We have the TCM channel on quite a bit @ our house but was too tired to stay up all night, last night, watching the recommended movies but will look for them in the future. Thanks. On a "tangent thought"...all of the narcissism (spelling that right?) in the modern country music in Music City has me constantly searching for something better around those parts and I'm glad I discovered the Nashville Scene (online) can direct me to other places where I can get satisfaction in the world of "live" rock and roll music in the Music City. Now this COUNTRY LIFE blog is giving me even more faith that the whole town of Nashville isn't brainwashed into following the modern country music that is somewhat becominmg "the dumbing down of America", in my utmost humble opinion.
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