Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Nov 02, 20 corridor of mirrors 1948 even in my sleep he would be there watching me from the corridor of mirrors. He surrounds himself with renaissance artwork, obsessed with the notion that he and his lady friend edana romney. The story then unfolds as she recalls her affair with a mystery man who is obsessed with the past. The film was first titled into the mirror, but the name was later changed to mirrors. It also provides a graceful metaphor for the way that movies reflect other movies, how certain plots and motifs recur, themes spawning endless variations. Then he meets a woman who he thinks is his opposite, reincarnated. Mirror mirror, the campy, comedic kidfriendly take on the brothers grimm classic that stuffs a period fairy tale full of. Cohen film collection obsessed artist eric portman surrounds himself with renaissance artwork, and becomes infatuated with the notion that he and his lover edana romney are reincarnations of the couple in a centuriesold painting.
Unfortunately it plays out as a stodgy and dated character drama lacking the kind of incident and memorable events that a story like this needs. Corridor of mirrors is a 1948 british drama film directed by terence young and starring eric. Corridor of mirrors dvd available 15062015 youtube. The 20 best uses of mirrors in cinema history taste of. Amanti art framed mirrors for wall fencepost grey mirror for wall solid wood wall mirrors xlarge wall mirror 47. Overlooking the grim secret of the mirrored corridor in portmans mansion, romney is torn between the finery showered upon her and the tightening grip of her admirers fixation. There are no mirrors in brookes school, so i should have a pretty quiet day unless she catches sight of herself in a glass noticeboard or window. Mirrors is a 2008 american supernatural horror film directed by alexandre aja, starring kiefer sutherland, paula patton, and amy smart. Corridor of mirrors 1948 terence young cast and crew. The image evokes infinite repetition and a dizzying mixup of reality and illusion. Each of the detailed ratings you select will result in a cumulative score for this film. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm.
Yet, the more eccentric the action gets and the more manic georges aurics score seems, the more compelling it becomes. It is notable as being both terence youngs and christopher lee s first film. Corridor of mirrors 1948 not rated 1h 36min drama, mystery 24 july 1948 usa a man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life. Corridor of mirrors is another one to add to my list of topnotch filmstruck discoveries. From 1916 onward, this focus on the conscious experience of the spectator predominated in film theory, as attested by the work of important film theorists such as andre bazin and sergei eisenstein. He surrounds himself with renaissance artwork, obsessed with the notion that he and his lady friend edana romney are. Something that changes tone, period and demands of the actors a change of style to suit the moment, against a backdrop of deliberate artifice or pure solid present day. Young proceeded to sensible british war and adventure films valley of eagles 1951, the red beret 1953, crafted the james bond franchise. This is christopher lees first feature film, made when he was on a training. Dec 06, 2007 how to get film or haze out of a mirror. He takes the portrait back to london, furnishes his home in the renaissance manner and installs the canvas in a place of honor at the end of a long corridor of mirrors. Critical reaction to corridor of mirrors was split right down the middle. His claim is that he once loved her in another life. Find movie and film cast and crew information for corridor of mirrors 1948 terence young on allmovie.
Cinema and the mirror psychoanalysis film, book, agency. Cohen film collection obsessed artist eric portman surrounds himself with renaissance artwork, and becomes infatuated with the notion that he and his lover edana romney are reincarnations of the couple in a centuriesold. Film theory took many years to begin to think of the cinematic experience in terms of the unconscious, but when it commenced, psychoanalytic film theory came in the form of a tidal wave in the 1970s and 1980s. Corridor of mirrors movie information cinema clock. When paul falls for mifanwy conway edana romney, a pretty young woman, he begins to believe that he was her lover in an earlier life. Residents that are formerly homeless may have been abused in the past. This is expert, expert film making, rich in atmosphere and mood, and easily as good as the best gothics and psychological horror films of the forties such as. If theres a major difference from the earlier versions, its.
Filming began on may 1, 2007, and it was released in american theaters on august 15, 2008. Eric portman plays a contemporary artist who tends to live in the past. Based on a novel by chris massie, corridor of mirrors is a british attempt to match the poetry and lyricism of the french cinema of the late 1940s. Corridor of mirrors 1948 fantastic movie musings and. Corridor of mirrors starts with a married woman edana romney wandering into madame tussauds chamber of horrors to meet her lover eric portman, a lover that turns out to be a permanent fixture at the exhibit. Corridor of mirrors is a 1948 british drama film directed by terence young and starring eric portman, edana romney and barbara mullen. Corridor of mirrors letterboxd social film discovery. In his schema, grand metaphors and subsequent criticism of them move film theory forward in a kind of call. It stars eric portman, edana romney, joan maude, barbara mullen, alan wheatley, hugh sinclair and bruce belfrage. This is not a faithful retelling of the versions by the brothers grimm or walt disney, but neither is it a satire, nor much of a story in its own right.
Corridor of mirrors 1948 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Corridor of mirrors ends up an intriguing blend of fantasy, fairy tale, gothic horror and vertigo esq hitchcockian thriller and is a film i heartily recommend. The image evokes infinite repetition and a dizzying. Concepts in film theory 1984, but while sobchack sees the metaphors as exemplifying a lack within the discipline, andrew describes them as a productive hermeneutic that helps film studies work through shifts in thinking.
Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today. The mirror is a 2014 british found footage horror film that was directed and written by edward boase. This makes them sensitive to encountering other people, especially in a way that seems confrontational such as face to face unexpectedly. The movie had its world premiere on 8 september 2014 at the london frightfest film festival and is based upon a 20 news article based around a purportedly haunted mirror that left its owners dogged by bad luck, financial misery, strange sightings and illness. Indeed i applauded literally with a number of the scene transitions, which are worthy of any number of other key films or filmmakers. Mifanwy conway edana romney is an unhappily married woman easily seduced by modernday bluebeard paul mangin eric portman. Rather than do this with effects, the set was built so that the mirror was actually a window, and on the other side was a complete mirrorimage version of the set on the camera side. Also adding to the eeriness is the character of veronica, a wonderfully odd woman with some obsessions of her own.
American critics found the film profound, while british commentators dismissed it as empty. In this atmospheric drama, paul mangin eric portman is a wealthy british artist fixated on history, particularly the renaissance period. Eric portman plays a contemporary artist obsessed with the past. He surrounds himself with renaissance artwork, obsessed with the notion that he and his lady friend edana romney are reincarnations of the lovers in a centuriesold painting. The film was originally scripted as a straightforward remake of the 2003 south.
The most memorable image of the film concerning a mirror is the one in which giorgio albertazzi looks at delphine seyrig down an hall, but the spectator only sees the woman in a reflection near. Talks between pakistan, india on kartarpur corridor held. Visually one of the most engaging pieces of cinema made in britain in 1948, corridor. Shades of lady from shanghai in the final showdown of this hong kongamerican martial arts classic, the last film bruce lee completed before his premature death at the age of 32. The fo spokesperson said that pakistan had completed 90 per cent of the work on the kartarpur corridor, adding that he was confident that they were inching closer to the opening of the corridor. Its a promising set up, but as the film turns to the past, it becomes a middling melodrama with sumptuous gothic overtones. Eric portman, a man possessed with the past is intrigued by a bruentte of classical beauty who fits the part perfectly in his corridor of mirrors. Based on a novel by chris massie, corridor of mirrors is a british attempt to match the. Show more show less waxworks, ancient artefacts, reincarnation, insanity and murder. Ive had a bedroom set with mirrors on the headboard and the dresser that have this haze or film on it and it doesnt seem to come off.
I should have returned it but i figured that i could get it off. With eric portman, edana romney, barbara mullen, hugh sinclair. Achetez corridor of mirrors by eric portman a petit prix. Corridor of mirrors 1948 directed by terence young. Having to go to her school or outside of home is the most annoying. The primary focus of this wave of psychoanalytic film theory was the process of spectator identification understood through french. Apr 18, 2018 also adding to the eeriness is the character of veronica, a wonderfully odd woman with some obsessions of her own. Though bazin and eisenstein agree on little, they do share a belief that films importance lies in its conscious impact.
Corridor of mirrors is a perfect title for a movie about obsession and romantic madness. The ending of mirrors is pretty cool and a has a nice twist, even if it does kind of feel that story is somewhat unresolved by it. Overview of corridor of mirrors, 1948, directed by terence young, with eric portman, edana romney, barbara mullen, at turner classic movies. World festival of interiors competition, which will happen in berlin during the. Corridor of mirrors is a fascinating 1948 british gothic melodrama with perhaps just the faintest hint of film noir enough to get it included in the. Mirror mirror is a sumptuous fantasy for the eyes and a pinball game for the mind, as story elements collide and roll around bumping into each other. Before the story is through, both reincarnation and madness enter into the mix. She was probably my favorite part of the film, as much as i enjoyed watching the leads. A wealthy eccentric is obsessed with a woman in a renaissance painting and believes he is the reincarnation of her lover.
A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life. Mirrors are a crucial part of the experimentations robbegrillet and resnais adopted for the film, and the hotel the film is set in is filled with them. Mangin becomes obsessed with his new muse believing she is the reincarnation of his lover from a former life, whose portrait hangs in his. Locally based practice more design office mdo looked to the glorious melodrama of film noir in designing the theaters atmospheric interior. Music is by georges auric and cinematography by andre thomas. Review by katy always love the concept of a climactic plot point happening at a big party and a masked ball at that, the drama. This beautiful black and white film has suspense, romance and an exceptional movie score to complement. It is an adaptation of the nonfiction book of the same name by peter maas, with a screenplay by stephen geller.
After what seems like hours, she finally moves away from the mirror to do some homework. I grin at her brother, ezrah, grab a coffee and flop down onto a comfortable. Corridor of mirrors 1948 while spending time in a wax museum, a woman edana romney is taken by the statue of a certain man. Corridor of mirrors 1948 even in my sleep he would be there watching me from the corridor of mirrors. The villainous han slips through a cunningly concealed revolving door into his own private hall of mirrors to escape the welldeserved thrashing lee has been giving him. Corridor of mirrors 2008 in this atmospheric drama, paul mangin eric portman is a wealthy british artist fixated on history, particularly the renaissance period. This sense can be exacerbated when living in an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people. Corridor of mirrors starts with a married woman edana romney wandering into madame. It tells the story of joseph valachi, a mafia informant in the early 1960s who was the first ever mafioso to acknowledge the. As she turns her back on me, i breathe a silent sigh of relief and disappear into a room beyond mine, with no mirrors or reflective surfaces so it is undetectable to her world.
Sep 25, 20 he takes the portrait back to london, furnishes his home in the renaissance manner and installs the canvas in a place of honor at the end of a long corridor of mirrors. Corridor of mirrors is directed by terence young and adapted to screenplay by rudolph cartier and edna romney from the novel written by chris massie. Christopher lees first film role in corridor of mirrors. He surrounds himself with renaissance artwork, infatuated with the notion that he and his lover edana romney are reincarnations of the lovers in a centuriesold painting. Jan 25, 2016 shades of lady from shanghai in the final showdown of this hong kongamerican martial arts classic, the last film bruce lee completed before his premature death at the age of 32. It stars eric portman, edana romney, joan maude, barbara mullen, alan wheatley, hugh. Imagine if you will a film that should be housed in the same strong box or archive as dead of night. Rent corridor of mirrors 1948 film for free as part of our trial offer. Schwarzenegger and linda sat on the far side facing the camera, and a fancy arnold puppet and lindas twin sister sat with their backs to the camera, mimicking all. Corridor of mirrors is a late 1940s drama with some supernatural touches surrounding the whole pastlife experience setup.
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