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. After the 2002 completion of insomnia, nolan presented to warner bros. 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 movie information cinema clock. 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.
Corridor of mirrors 2008 in this atmospheric drama, paul mangin eric portman is a wealthy british artist fixated on history, particularly the renaissance period. Residents that are formerly homeless may have been abused in the past. Corridor of mirrors is a perfect title for a movie about obsession and romantic madness. Imagine if you will a film that should be housed in the same strong box or archive as dead of night. Young proceeded to sensible british war and adventure films valley of eagles 1951, the red beret 1953, crafted the james bond franchise. Though bazin and eisenstein agree on little, they do share a belief that. Protagonist, ciji lik tumaci eric portman, je muskarac koji postaje opsjednut zenom ciji lik tumaci edana romney za koju je uvjeren da ju je sreo u proslim zivotima. He surrounds himself with renaissance artwork, obsessed with the notion that he and his lady friend edana romney are. Based on a novel by chris massie, corridor of mirrors is a british attempt to match the. Find movie and film cast and crew information for corridor of mirrors 1948 terence young on allmovie. 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. Nov 02, 20 corridor of mirrors 1948 even in my sleep he would be there watching me from the corridor of mirrors.
The image evokes infinite repetition and a dizzying. Take corridor of mirrors 1948 itself, which marked the debut of director terence young and which belongs to a rarified subgenre of swooning, haunted, noirish melodramas. 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. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world.
Corridor of mirrors dvd available 15062015 youtube. A wealthy eccentric is obsessed with a woman in a renaissance painting and believes he is the reincarnation of her lover. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. 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. Eric portman plays a contemporary artist who tends to live in the past. Though bazin and eisenstein agree on little, they do share a belief that films importance lies in its conscious impact. Koridor ogledala je britanski crnobijeli igrani film snimljen 1948.
I should have returned it but i figured that i could get it off. Corridor of mirrors 1948 universal cosh boy 1952 dvd vci lippert pictures us. For the best answers, search on this site because it was the mirrors that killed him rather than him just dying. Weve shopped the web for you, pulling tons of styles and brands for mirror film for walls together in one place. Had the original poster of this piece of trivia looked further, it would have been discovered that sir christopher lee was aware and completely correct as to which film was his first. Almost every element of the film seems familiar, yet the total effect is unlike anything else. 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. This makes them sensitive to encountering other people, especially in a way that seems confrontational such as face to face unexpectedly.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. 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. 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. Apr 18, 2018 also adding to the eeriness is the character of veronica, a wonderfully odd woman with some obsessions of her own. Corridor of mirrors 1948 movies, tv, celebs, and more. It also provides a graceful metaphor for the way that movies reflect other movies, how certain plots and motifs recur, themes spawning endless variations. Mar 29, 2012 mirror mirror requires us to hiss at a villainess, root for a heroine, chuckle with her rowdy band of dwarfs and swoon for her handsome prince. Corridor of mirrors 1948 fantastic movie musings and.
The 20 best uses of mirrors in cinema history taste of. Corridor of mirrors film corridor of mirrors is a 1948 british drama film directed by. 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. Corridor of mirrors 1948 directed by terence young. York dramatic mirror to announce the break with biograph, ostentatiously listing. Then he meets a woman who he thinks is his opposite, reincarnated. Its a promising set up, but as the film turns to the past, it becomes a middling melodrama with sumptuous gothic overtones. In fact, dressed to kill has lots of scenes with mirrors. A former policeman who takes a job as a security guard at a department store is haunted by terrifying visions in the large mirrors at night. Corridor of mirrors 1948 terence young cast and crew. 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. 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. It is notable as being both terence youngs and christopher lee s first film.
Mar 28, 2012 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. 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. This sense can be exacerbated when living in an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people. Rent corridor of mirrors 1948 film for free as part of our trial offer. It stars eric portman, edana romney, joan maude, barbara mullen, alan wheatley, hugh sinclair and bruce belfrage. Overview of corridor of mirrors, 1948, directed by terence young, with eric portman, edana romney, barbara mullen, at turner classic movies. Corridor of mirrors is a 1948 british drama film directed by terence young and starring eric portman, edana romney and barbara mullen. The image evokes infinite repetition and a dizzying mixup of reality and illusion. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Visually one of the most engaging pieces of cinema made in britain in 1948, corridor.
Eric portman plays a contemporary artist obsessed with the past. 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. Corridor of mirrors starts with a married woman edana romney wandering into madame tussauds chamber of horrors to meet her lover eric portman. Overlooking the grim secret of the mirrored corridor in portmans mansion, romney is torn between the.
Filming began on may 1, 2007, and it was released in american theaters on august 15, 2008. 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. Cinema and the mirror psychoanalysis film, book, agency. Corridor of mirrors 1948 even in my sleep he would be there watching me from the corridor of mirrors. 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. 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.
This beautiful black and white film has suspense, romance and an exceptional movie score to complement. With eric portman, edana romney, barbara mullen, hugh sinclair. 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. Corridor of mirrors is another one to add to my list of topnotch filmstruck discoveries. She was probably my favorite part of the film, as much as i enjoyed watching the leads. Dec 06, 2007 how to get film or haze out of a mirror. The film was first titled into the mirror, but the name was later changed to mirrors. If theres a major difference from the earlier versions, its. Watch corridor of mirrors full movie in hd visit a man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to susp. Mirror mirror requires us to hiss at a villainess, root for a heroine, chuckle with her rowdy band of dwarfs and swoon for her handsome prince.