Thursday, 17 March 2011

Footprints 8 Iconic Red Shoes

And talking of ballet let's not forger the shoes to literally die for - Powell and Pressburger's The Red Shoes surely the most definitive tribute to a pair of wickedly red satin pumps the celluloid screen has ever known.
You thought you might not be able to sit still when the Bee gges came on but I'm telling you this is a compusive dance story like no other. If you have ever been obsessed by a pair of shoes, consider what it would be like to be possessed by a pair !! Norma Shearer tells us how in gloriously suureal technicolour. It is a tale of darkly camp corners. And filled with self destructive and heartrendingly impossible choices ( just  like the ones yours truly faces in fabulous shoe store s, daily !) It is for the true shoe afficianado only You have been warned little Shoelets..Are you ready to dance ?

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