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Black Narcissus (1947) -- M. Powell & E. Pressburger
A perennial favorite,
now with extra detail and more appropriate technicolor on blu-ray. The Archers,
Powell and Pressburger, score a bullseye with this adaptation of Rumer Godden's
tale of nuns transplanted to the Himalayas.
Of course, they slowly go crazy, due to culture shock, altitude, what
have you. Beautiful to watch and full of
the heightened emotions that seem so extreme in these otherwise repressed
Brits. There are a few glimpses of the attitudes of the times (toward the
"primitive" locals) but generally these beliefs can be attributed to
the characters not the filmmakers. This is a must see (for art direction
alone!).
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