July 5, 2009
Powell and Pressburger made Technicolor a whole new art form of their own...INCREDIBLY beautiful.
David Farrar, Deborah Kerr, Eddie Whaley Jr.
A young British nun is ordered to establish a convent in the remote Himalayan mountains.
DVD Release Date: January 30, 2001
Stats: 344 reviews
Flixster Reviews (344)
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May 27, 2009it's magnificent. a good part of the credit must go to jack cardiff's oscar winning cinematography. his career spanned 8 decades and dozens of films including his long collaboration with powell and pressburger. one of the great cinematographers of all time, cardiff died last m...( read more)
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April 15, 2009"Black Narcissus", the famous technicolor film directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, is often considered to be one of the most beautiful films ever made. It's not hard to see why. Shot entirely in a studio, it's world is still convincing, immersive, and breathtaking....( read more)
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June 17, 2008i gues i dont like british melodramas... nuns and movies shouldnt mix. the title could not be more misleading...
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March 14, 2008Another brilliant work by Powell & Pressberger.
The story of a bunch of moist nuns stuck inside of a lair usually reserved for James Bond villains.
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October 9, 2009An suprisingly gripping story which is very well acted. The excellent use of Technicolor really brings it to life.
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October 4, 2009If nuns going mental halfway up an himalayan mountain don't appeal to you then the exotic sets and luscious surely will. cinematography
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September 6, 2009The story lags a bit, and some of the edits are a bit spotty and distracting (the seemingly rushed re-cut of the climactic bell tower sequence reflects the conservative imagery of films in its day), but there are strokes of genius in the lighting and the acting performances. A s...( read more)
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May 30, 2009If you can get hold of a GOOD color print of this (not the botched Criterion DVD), then this melodramatic and mysterious story of sexual madness and religious confusion in a colonial Himalayan nunnery is very much worth watching. In my opinion, the best film of 1947.
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December 29, 2008well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch..its got a really good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that its a good 1940's movie 2 watch because its a enjoyable movie 2 watch,,,the scenery throughout this movie i...( read more)
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