'The Red Shoes' exhibit explores legacy of ballet drama

The Star

A new exhibition about ballet drama "The Red Shoes" opens at the BFI Southbank in London on Friday (Nov 10), as the film celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:03 The Red Shoes is probably the ultimate ballet film

00:24 in many ways.

00:25 It's so inspiring in the way it brings dance to the screen.

00:28 But I think also, Paul and Pressburg

00:30 is really deep-rooted love of the arts, of filmmaking itself,

00:35 just shines through.

00:36 And even if you don't know this film specifically,

00:39 many people do, you will have encountered references to it

00:42 because it's just like a kind of beautiful backdrop

00:45 to contemporary culture.

00:47 It is in everything, really, that we have today.

00:51 So if you haven't seen The Red Shoes itself,

00:53 you will probably have seen images from The Red Shoes.

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