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MarkE89

"Get me my clothing, quick!"
*Enters room bare-chested, wearing only hotpants, and Peter Pan-hat*

Dean is Awesome..

12 years 11 months ago

cinephile085

One of the most beautiful looking films of all time. A classic.

11 years 3 months ago

I thought it was OK, but not fantastic. Some good moments, others not so good.
I always have problems with exotic films that give all interesting characters to Europeans and only secondary characters to non-Europeans.
And I felt Deborah Kerr's character could have evolved more.

8 years ago

Siskoid

In Black Narcissus, nuns in Himalayan India move into a palace that was once where a prince kept his harem and, by some kind of Gothic principle, it starts to test their vows. The coldest nun (Deborah Kerr) starts to daydream about her youthful dalliances. Another goes mad with passion, jealousy and wrath (taking us in horror territory). The others show flashes of anger, of panic, of depression. And yet it's a beautiful place, with wonderful cinematography. Is Black Narcissus an indictment of colonial religion, contrasting nature, "primitive living" and paganism with the core denial of human passions represented by the nunnery? Or does it exalt religious service by dramatizing the threat to the nuns' souls? Is it less about religion than it is colonization (and is there a difference)? Either way, nature seems to reclaim this corner of "civilization". My usual warnings about black face, but otherwise this is a great-looking, well-directed film that offers a lot of surprises. Certainly not following any kind of formula.

4 years 6 months ago

Joculator

Did Hitchcock spoiler

12 years 1 month ago

akuma587

Gorgeous film. Whoever thought a film about nuns would be so intense?

13 years 3 months ago

Foxinsand

The tiny Welsh Section A ponies stole the show in this. I didn't think the characterisation was strong enough to pull the plot off-good acting though, and they actually did quite a good job of making Wales look like India.

14 years 4 months ago