Black Narcissus
Q: I just finished watching the movie Black Narcissus with Deborah Kerr. I missed one of her flashbacks where it's explained why she became a nun. Can anyone fill me in?????
A: For Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) the 'repressed' is the desire associated with a love affair in her past with a young man who subsequently deserted her and went to America. The repression is specifically linked with her becoming a nun: it was her humiliation
It was mid to late 80s and I think it was about 30 mins long. It wasn't Film 8... etc by the way!
It was a show about classic films rather than latest releases, and it wasn't one of the Film 8... shows with Barry Norman.
Marianne Faithfull stars as Rebecca, a newly married housewife who wakes up one morning in her French country home, feels a wave of revulsion for her square schoolteacher husband (Roger Mutton) and takes off on her motorcycle, clad only in a skintight black leather jumpsuit. She’s on her way to visit her lover, Daniel (Alain Delon), in Germany, and as she makes the journey, she narrates a series of flashbacks recalling her loveless marriage and her torrid affair with Daniel, who gave her the motorcycle as a wedding present.
Hello there, does anyone remember a TV series back in the 1970s / 80s called "The Best of British"; it basically celebrated British films and showed various clips. Does anyone know what the title music was or where it was from?
CANNES - Nuns on the verge of a nervous breakdown have a surprisingly strong cinematic pedigree stretching from the Powell and Pressburger classic Black Narcissus to Bunuel's Viridiana, Russell's The Devils and Almodovar's Dark Habits.
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They are quite artificial: The Red Shoes, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Black Narcissus. You are really transported to that place and you feel that someone has made these things. They are emotionally moving films, beautiful. |
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Whether it was Momma Tomeo's gnocchi, Mrs. Panagakos' fresh bread or Mrs. Adam's black eyed peas, it was alluring, even from considerable distance. Fragrant flowers may not compare to black eyed peas (mmm), but they certainly can be alluring even |
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MERKERSON: "Black Narcissus," Joe Henderson, big band, beautiful song. MERKERSON: I just love the melody, and whenever I need to calm down and put my thoughts in order, "Black Narcissus" is a song that I tend to play. MERKERSON: I'm just like a huge |
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for Lean to direct a film about Indian nationalist leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, written by the great Emeric Pressburger ("A Matter Of Life And Death," "Black Narcissus"), and starring 'River Kwai' star Alec Guinness as the title character. |
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BLACK NARCISSUS (99 minutes) PG CHRONICLING the missionary efforts of a group of Anglican nuns in the Himalayas, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1947 drama has all their characteristic romantic irony, with clashing philosophies, in sumptuous |
That wasn't my favorite one. "This movie really long." "No, it just feels that way." Onward to Black Narcissus.
Nuns get hot under the habit in Powell & Pressburger's outstanding BLACK NARCISSUS (1947) @ 2:55pm tomorrow. A truly fabulous film.
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Need to get a copy of Black Narcissus. It's been too long...
I rated Black Narcissus 9/10