Extended Reading
  • Dean 2022-01-26 08:44:58

    Hong Lingyan - red hair, red shoes

    I have heard about the film for a long time. I know it from the translated film, but I bought the DVD but it was under the bottom of the box for 3 years. The story is quite gloomy, with the consistent style of Rank Films, and the meaning is relatively difficult. The plot is derived from Hans...

  • Dejah 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    God refuses to dance

    "Ah, what beautiful red dancing shoes" one sentence made Garen jump from the bush of thorns to the executioner's knife. "Why do I dance, like why you live", let Peggy jump from the top stage to the shattered track. Intertextual with Andersen's most bizarre fairy tales, and against the most...

  • Naomie 2022-03-16 09:01:08

    Red dancing shoes inside and outside the play, a highly unified story

  • Lionel 2022-03-19 09:01:09

    The ballet scene in the film is indeed a classic! The changing of the scene is gorgeous and delicate. It is said to be an initiation film by Martin Sykes.

The Red Shoes quotes

  • Boris Lermontov: Why do you want to dance?

    [Vicky thinks for a short while]

    Victoria Page: Why do you want to live?

    [Lermontov is suprised at the answer]

    Boris Lermontov: Well I don't know exactly why, er, but I must.

    Victoria Page: That's my answer too.

  • Grischa Ljubov: You can't alter human nature.

    Boris Lermontov: No? I think you can do even better than that. You can ignore it!