Black Narcissus (Criterion Collection)

A story of exquisite yearning in a strange and beautiful land. Towering over the screen ... as the mountains that saw it happen.
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DVD Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 41 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: July 20, 2010
  • Originally Released: 1947
  • Label: Criterion

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1947 - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Color): Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1947 - Best Cinematography: Jack Cardiff

Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 7,244
The Archers at their most carnal-bonkers-sublime Full Review
CinePassion
Nov 25, 2013
...BLACK NARCISSUS uses unbearably rich colors....The hyperreal imagery is crucial...
Entertainment Weekly
Jan 11, 2002
This is a landmark of Hollywood-on-Thames trompe-l'oeil. Full Review
New Yorker
Aug 3, 2015
Rating: 4/4 -- Michael Powell was right when he called Black Narcissus an "erotic film," but the attraction is pure Pygmalionism. Full Review
Slant Magazine
Dec 30, 2012
Stylized and expressionistic, this was one of the most unusual films of its era.
Uncut
Sep 1, 2005
Black Narcissus is an Archers' film. And it's perfect. Full Review
Boulder Weekly
Aug 2, 2019
Rating: 5/5 -- There's something truly unearthly about this place of howling winds, yawning chasms and atmosphere thick with temptation. Sanctity, it will be proven, is no match for sin. Full Review
Time Out
Jan 1, 2013

Product Description:

Anglo-Catholic nuns on an isolated missionary assignment in the Himalayas face an assortment of worldly challenges, including sexual temptations and other intriguing ups-and-downs. One of the great films from the "golden age of cinema." Adapted from the novel by Rumep Godden. Academy Awards: Best, (Color) Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best (Color) Cinematography.

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