250 Favorite Classic Films in no particular order
⇨ The Red Shoes (1948)
Boris Lermontov: Why do you want to dance?
Victoria Page: Why do you want to live?
When people complained to Hein Heckroth about the grim ending, he pointed out to them that in Hans Christian Andersen’s original fairy tale, the ballerina had her feet hacked off by a woodsman to stop her dancing.
The Red Shoes (1948)
“A dancer who relies upon the doubtful comforts of human love can never be a great dancer. Never.”
The Red Shoes, 1948
