Throughout September I will be raiding my collection of favourite movies to review one a day, with a focus on overlooked and underappreciated films.
Where to find it: No streaming
Length: Two and a half hours
Synopsis: Isadora Duncan
Recommendation rating: 3/5
What I like about it: Vanessa Redgrave, dancing, pretentious, beautiful and weird
What I don’t like about it: too long, almost no pace, Red Shoes is a better dance movie if you only have room for one in your life
Review:
Vanessa Redgrave doesn’t wear much and dances a lot as the bohemian ‘Mother of Modern Dance’. Much like its subject, the film is free-form, exhibitively pretty and ends suddenly.
Content notes (may contain spoilers): death, grief, nudity