Black Tights
by Terence Young
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Actor: Cyd Charisse, Maurice Chevalier, Moira Shearer, Roland Petit, Zizi JeanmaireDirector: Terence Young
Cinematographer: Henri Alekan
Producer: Joe Kaufmann
Producer: Simon Schiffrin
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 140 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-04-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kino Video
Movie Reviews of Black Tights
Movie Review: Historic Ballet
Summary: 5 Stars
Some have quibbles with the quality of the visuals on this DVD, but every version has some problems, because the film this was made from was almost lost ... I'm jut happy to be able to see it in any form - it's a really important moment of ballet & ballet film history.
4 ballets here, all very different, with different strengths.
The Diamond Muncher - an unusual "modern" fable with marvelous melodies, especially the pas de duex. With Zizi Jeanmaire
Cyranno - A lyric production that uses techniqes developed by the Archers, some slow-mo layering in the night time sequence... so very fitting to have Moira Shearer play Roxanne in this. This one has really memororable visuals.
24 hour mourning - Is a truly funny story of a gold-digger played with fantastic articulation and fun by gorgeous Cyd Charisse ... It is a selfish and playful role with really witty choreograpy - esp. in the duel sequence. The almost di-rigeur ballet strip sequence for her. But done with great humor and still G rated.
Carmen - The most traditional of the bunch, this is just a really solid and interesting version of the ballet based on the opera... it stretches boundaries, because some of the flamenco is really hard to translate to ballet, but Zizi is the right woman for it.... and some of these sequences are almost NOT G... the pas de deux is about as suggestive as ballet has ever gotten.
It's a tour de force for the Paris Ballet, and it is joy that it has not been lost entirely. It is also a time capsule of a very specific time in choreography, and in the filming of ballet. Not to be missed for balletomaines!
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