Sept 20 movie: Black Narcissus. I'm a sucker for movies about nuns. This one is Deborah Kerr as the leader of a group of Anglican nuns getting their spiritual asses kicked by the Himalayas. They showed this as part of a special series on Michael Powell on TCM last month. The use of color is what people always talk about with Powell's films, and it is impressive. But the thing that struck me most was Deborah Kerr as the harsh, imposing sister superior. She made this movie the same year as The Hucksters, and the contrast with the querulous, timid mouse she played in that movie is shocking. I didn't know she was capable of it.
Post a comment