The Red Shoes

by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Book Overview

The classic story of a gifted dancer caught between two men and the greatest love of her life, the ballet. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312140347
• ISBN13: 9780312140342
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Perfect written version of the famous film

This book is the written version of the great ballet film, THE RED SHOES. If you love the movie you'll love the book, and maybe even love it a little bit more than the movie (if that's possible) just because you get fuller character background and description of the stories of Vicky, Julian, etc. (Being able to know Vicky's thoughts during her first dance of 'The Red Shoes' ballet is great. When I went back and watched the movie, I was able to do so with a little more "inside knowledge" of what was going on in her head.) These characters and their conflicts seem very real -- which goes to show that Michael Powell and Emric Pressburger were excellent writers, as well as excellent filmmakers.

The story of that magical film "The Red Shoes"

Unfortunately lacking in photographs (that's why I only gave it 8/10) but a marvellous story of a film that made thousands of little girls want to be ballet dancers.