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The Tales of Hoffmann

1951

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Moira Shearer, Leonid Massine, Robert Helpmann, Robert Rounseville ...

7.0

574

Musical. Romance This a film version of the opera "The Tales of Hoffmann", however it is NOT just a film of a staged performance. 'Michael Powell' & Emeric Pressburger (and the rest of "The Archers") work their usual magic here. The opera dramatises the three great romances in the life of the poet-hero presented in a series of flashbacks. Hoffmann's tales depict the struggle between human love and the artist's dedication to his work. Hoffmann loses each ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jake Cole Slant	"Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 'The Tales of Hoffmann' is the final masterpiece of the filmmaking duo’s imperial phase."	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"An immersive aesthetic experience best thought of as an art form all its own."	POS
United Kingdom	Kate Muir The Times	"It's a work of hysterical excess and flamboyant extravagance and it feels unlike pretty much anything else you will ever see in a cinema."	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Huddleston Time Out	"As a work of pure, imaginative cinema, it comes close to genius."	POS
United States	Donna Bowman AV Club	"One of the most completely realized marriages of color, movement, and music in the medium's history."	POS

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