Reviews of Black Narcissus 1947
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"Black Narcissus" es una extraña pelicula. El subtexto se filtra de manera poco sutil y su inicio convencional se transforma radicalmente bajo su linea de erotismo, locura y superstición. La historia se enfoca en un grupo de monjas dedicadas a adaptar un monasterio en los Himalayas en una escuela y hospital, a pesar de no contar con experiencia ni un entendimiento claro de la gente que vive en los alrededores.
"Black Narcissus" es visualmente espectacular (bajo el glorioso proceso Technicolor) y cuenta con estupendas actuaciones (especialmente de Deborak Kerr). A pesar de ser inconsistente con su trama, es una fascinante pelicula. -
We all need discipline. You said yourself they're like children. Without discipline we should all behave like children. - Sister Clodagh.
Let me just remind you all that this film was shot in 1947, Black Narcissus is a film that feels miles ahead of its time with some beautiful use of colour and visuals (A Technicolor corporation executive claimed it was the finest use of Technicolor they had seen) and a truly haunting narrative and tone. The setting of the…
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I really had no idea what to expect from this film. I tried watching it at 2am the first time and fell asleep pretty quickly, but I'd wake up every 5-10 minutes and would see an AMAZING shot each time. So, the first viewing (not logged here, btw) was really just a collection of gorgeous pictures. I watched it properly soon thereafter, at a more reasonable hour, and it absolutely lived up to my now-huge expectations. My mind was blown a third time when I read how and where it was made.
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The ending is good and so are the performances from Kerr, Farrar, and Byron, but other than that I didn't see much else in this film.
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Stunning. Aslo Sabu is adorable.
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Ya gotta love local movie channels. There's this local movie channel called This TV that plays a ton of classic black and white films and cult hit films. I just so happened to catch Black Narcissus on there today.
No idea really what genre it's supposed to be. Drama, horror, comedy? It was pretty neat looking to for a '40s film. The bright colors, neat costume design etc. Not to mention I kind of got turned on by the nuns.…
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There are times when I just can't get past the stylized rhythms of pre-Method film acting; this turns out to be one of them. And it says something for how remarkably it's put together in all other ways that it was still pretty enthralling. A quick Google search verified that I'm far from the first to make a connection between the palace/convent and The Overlook Hotel, both of them places of solitude that draw out the hints of madness already…
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My second watch of a Powell/Pressburger production in a 24-hour span was the mysterious, Black Narcissus, a film centering a small group of nuns who travel to the Himalayan mountains in an effort to open up a convent, and the bizarre tension that emerges from the locals and within their group shortly after.
There is so much to cherish just from the set construction, cinematography, and color palette that one can get semi-ignorant to what's brewing beneath the surface of…
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I really, REALLY liked this film. There is no idiotic, nonsensical love affair. There is no swashbuckling white hero come to save the day. It’s exotic, but honest. It’s exciting, but not manipulative. Just a really solid, well-made, well-acted, well-directed film. Bravo.
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What's a nun to do? Trying to maintain a sense of direction, when a cavalcade of diversions are paraded past in a steady stream, is nigh unto impossible. No amount of whitewashing the walls will ease the predicament. Buffeted by a half clad man with a penchant for conversational innuendo, a young general who flaunts worldly wealth and a dancing girl who's a visual reminder of what's been buried, can weaken any resolve. Add to that the incessant wind that blows back the curtains of the past, exposing the hopes and dreams long pushed aside. What again is the destination? It's all getting hazy.