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	The DVD Journal: Black Narcissus: The Criterion Collection
		Black Narcissus, released in 1947, is based on the Rumer Godden novel, a story of repressed nuns —; a loaded topic that takes masters to tell.
		Black Narcissus even has a tenuous relationship with horror films — hard to believe, but there are shots of an insane-looking Ruth that must have been inspired by Val Lewton, and influential on both Herk Harvey and George Romero (the latter a huge Powell-Pressburger fan).
		Black Narcissus may not have the riches of Criterion's The Red Shoes, but it is a solid disc from the most important (and probably the best) DVD producer.
	www.dvdjournal.com /reviews/b/blacknarcissus.shtml (1542 words)

	Narcissus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Narcissus, freedman and secretary to the Roman emperor Claudius
		Black Narcissus, a 1939 novel by Rumer Godden, and its 1947 film adaptation by Powell and Pressburger
		The Nigger of the 'Narcissus', an 1897 novel by Joseph Conrad
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Narcissus (212 words)

	Black Narcissus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Black Narcissus (1947) is a film by the British director-writer team of Powell and Pressburger, based on the novel by Rumer Godden.
		The film was made mainly at Pinewood Studios with some scenes shot in Leonardslee Gardens, West Sussex, the home of an Indian army retiree which had appropriate trees and plants for the Indian setting.
		Black Narcissus, TCM British Film Guide, I.B. Tauris, ISBN 1845110463.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Narcissus (279 words)

	Black Narcissus: Criterion (1947)
		Black Narcissus is something of an odd bird, and it’s a hard movie to nail in words.
		Black Narcissus appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.33:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; due to those dimensions, the image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		Black levels came across as acceptably deep and rich, and shadow detail looked fairly clear and appropriately thick.
	www.dvdmg.com /blacknarcissus.shtml (1634 words)

	THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- BLACK NARCISSUS
		BLACK NARCISSUS was even acknowledged for its beauty at the time of its release, with master Technicolor cinematographer Jack Cardiff earning both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his work on the film.
		The use of color in BLACK NARCISSUS is something of a study in contrasts, as the film depicts the sterile, almost colorless world from which the film’s protagonists originate, then it thrusts them into an exotic colorful environment, which radically effects them.
		BLACK NARCISSUS tells the story of a small group of Anglican Nuns who are given the impossible task of setting up a school and dispensary in a mountaintop palace in India, which was once the home of the ruling general’s concubines.
	www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_reviews/black-narcissus-dvd.htm (997 words)

	Xiibaro Reviews: 15 Minutes and Black Narcissus
		The same pragmatism is found in their Black Narcissus, a story of five nuns and their thoughts, fears, and, in some cases, declines while working in a Himalayan mission.
		Black Narcissus remains as genuine as possible for its entire length while creating visuals that have become the precedence for some notable films since.
		Black Narcissus, under the two geniuses, kept its story straight while becoming a spark for many filmmakers since.
	www.cinema-scene.com /archive/03/10.html (1989 words)

	EUFS: Black Narcissus
		Like Jean Renoir's The River, Black Narcissus is based on a novel by Rumer Godden, and marks the Archers' first film whose source material is not their own.
		Black Narcissus is a vitally important film in the history of cinema for two main reasons.
		The second reason is that Black Narcissus marks Powell's first experimentation with the notion of composed film, which involved writing the music first and shooting the film to playback The sequence lasts only 12 minutes, but it is the build-up to the climax of the film.
	www.eufs.org.uk /films/black_narcissus.html (290 words)

	Black Narcissus
		Black Narcissus (1947) represents a high point of the fertile collaboration between writer Emeric Pressburger and director Michael Powell, and it remains among the most beautifully designed color films ever made.
		Black Narcissus, however, is not just a work of visual design, and much of its effectiveness depends upon the superb acting in the lead roles.
		Black Narcissus was thus her last film in England before relocating to Hollywood.
	www.tcm.com /thismonth/article.jsp?cid=102782 (1247 words)

	Xiibaro Reviews: 15 Minutes and Black Narcissus
		Hamlet told Ophelia to go to a nunnery when the madness was occurring in Elsinore -- I doubt he meant for her to become a sassy lady dressed in fl, singing of the hills and dreaming of flying.
		The same pragmatism is found in their Black Narcissus, a story of five nuns and their thoughts, fears, and, in some cases, declines while working in a Himalayan mission.
		Black Narcissus remains as genuine as possible for its entire length while creating visuals that have become the precedence for some notable films since.
	xiibaro.hypermart.net /archive/03/10.html (1989 words)

	Black Narcissus: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Black Narcissus: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
		The narcissi (plural of narcissus) is a group of hardy spring-flowering bulbs, including the daffodil....
		Black Narcissus (1947) is a film by the British Britain quick summary:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bl/black_narcissus.htm (764 words)

	Savant Review: Black Narcissus
		Black Narcissus is a challenging movie that feeds the eye and stimulates the senses.
		The old laser disc of Black Narcissus was a standout in the Criterion library, but the added extras on the new DVD are even better.
		Black Narcissus is placed in the best possible light with this presentation.
	www.dvdtalk.com /dvdsavant/s179narciss.html (1277 words)

	Black Narcissus Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		Made in 1947 in vibrant Technicolor, Black Narcissus is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful films ever made.
		Black Narcissus is also often called one of the most erotic movies of its time and it simmers quite provocatively, especially near the end.
		I wanted more information on subjects like the man and his two sons who did all of the paintings for Black Narcissus, and about how Powell and Pressburger worked together in a partnership that resulted in so many outstanding movies (The Red Shoes, Stairway to Heaven, Tales of Hoffman, etc.).
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=1925 (804 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Black Narcissus (1947)
		Due to the current media saturation with web cams, CCTV footage, and docu-soap television, there is always the danger that you may find your self desensitised to the extremes of human emotion.
		Finding themselves disturbed by all manner of natural phenomena - extremes of temperature, weather, and a maverick local expat's rugged charms - it is only a matter of time before hardship and temptation gradually draw the women away from their vocation, and they descend into doubt, jealousy and madness.
		"Black Narcissus" is a masterly exploration of the dangers of ambition, British reserve, and unbridled emotion.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2000/09/25/black_narcissus_review.shtml (302 words)

	The Criterion Collection: Black Narcissus
		All the elements of cinematic arts are perfectly fused in Powell and Pressburger’s fascinating study of the age-old conflict between the spirit and the flesh, set against the grandeur of the snowcapped peaks of Kanchenjunga.
		Criterion is proud to present Black Narcissus in a new Special Edition.
		Black Narcissus is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1.
	www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=93 (217 words)

	Absolute Anime / Sonic X / Black Narcissus
		Black Narcissus is one of Dark Oak's four Metarex commanders who likes to set traps for all of his unexpecting enemies.
		Not only is he unintimidated by Sonic and his friends, he is also very fascinated by Sonic's speed.
		No matter what, Narcissus is always determined to learn the secret of it.
	www.absoluteanime.com /sonic_x/black_narcissus.htm (111 words)

	BLACK NARCISSUS grew in England. - Black Narcissus - Epinions.com
		BLACK NARCISSUS relates the parable of a group of five Anglican Nuns sent from Calcutta in the 1930's to the Indian State of Mopu, 8000 feet high, on the Nepalese border to the Northwest.
		BLACK NARCISSUS was also Michael Powell's first real experiment in "composed film." Following the lead of Orson Welles in *CITIZEN KANE (1941) and THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942), he choreographed the photographed action to some of the dialogue and much of the music.
		BLACK NARCISSUS (along with her Estella in GREAT EXPECTATIONS) presented Jean Simmons in a showcase role to International audiences.
	www.epinions.com /mvie-review-4BC1-80EA04E-39DB87D9-prod1 (1275 words)

	The Criterion Collection: Black Narcissus by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
		All the elements of cinematic arts are perfectly fused in Powell and Pressburger's fascinating study of the age-old conflict between the spirit and the flesh, set against the grandeur of the snowcapped peaks of Kanchenjunga.
		Criterion is proud to present Black Narcissus in a new Special Edition.
		Black Narcissus is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1.
	www.criterion.com /asp/release.asp?id=93 (247 words)

	Flipside Movie Emporium: Black Narcissus Movie Review
		And, well, 1947's Black Narcissus (for which Powell shares writing, producing, and directing credit with longtime collaborator Emeric Pressburger) is even more visually stunning than Peeping Tom.
		Black Narcissus may seem like an overwrought soap opera at times, but the dramatic tension builds to a chilling climactic sequence that is nothing short of a masterpiece.
		Martin Scorsese was once quoted as saying about his first viewing of Black Narcissus that he wasn't sure he'd seen the best film ever made, but he'd seen something revolutionary.
	www.flipsidemovies.com /blacknarcissus.html (685 words)

	Black Narcissus (1947)
		But in fact, `Black Narcissus' is as erotic, spellbinding, and suspenseful as any of today's psychological thrillers.
		Directing team Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger manage to combine a number of unlikely and potentially sensational elements - eroticism, desire, and isolation - into the story of a company of Anglican nuns who attempt to establish a civilised community in the former bordello of the Rajah, in the untamed hills of the Himalayas.
		Still completely convincing today, `Black Narcissus' is one of Britain's most important and innovative films.
	us.imdb.com /title/tt0039192 (488 words)

	Repressed Emotions Meet Sensuous Setting - Black Narcissus - Epinions.com
		Black Narcissus was one of the films from The Archers, a production company formed in the forties by the partnership of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburgur.
		The Archers fashioned a string of innovative films, beginning with The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and including I Know Where I'm Going (1945), Black Narcissus (1946), Stairway to Heaven (1946), The Red Shoes (1948), and the Tales of Hoffman (1951).
		Black Narcissus is often described as one of the most beautiful film ever made.
	www.epinions.com /content_196559212164 (2433 words)

	Black Narcissus
		Godden's interest in the confrontation of East and West and the struggle of the nuns who, rather than living in solitude, are forced to confront the world and remain true to their vows is transcended by Powell and Pressburger's concerns with sexuality and, more specifically, the dangers of sexual repression.
		Yet Black Narcissus also mocks exoticism and otherness, particularly at the moment when Sabu announces that his perfume—the "Black Narcissus" of the title—was purchased at the Army and Navy stores.
		Then the rains break, interpreted by at least one critic as a symbol of sexual release, but we are left with an image of Dean, fated to remain with the "ghosts" which Clodagh is able to leave behind.
	www.filmreference.com /Films-Bh-Bo/Black-Narcissus.html (1325 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| Black Narcissus
		Splendidly presented in a new digital transfer on a DVD loaded with extras, Black Narcissus is one of the high points of color design and lighting in cinema.
		While Godden was praised for the authenticity of her book — no surprise given her years of living in colonial India — Powell took the radical step of shooting the entire film on sets, at Pinewood Studios.
		Her maniacal movements and crazed visage give Black Narcissus the feel of a horror film as she races wraithlike through the dark, wind-whipped rooms of the palace, or when she appears suddenly in a room.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /33/blacknarcissus.html (1120 words)

	Black Narcissus - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - The New York Times
		While Kerr would seem most susceptible to fall from grace --we are given hints of her earlier love life in a long flashback--she proves to have more stamina than Byron, who delivers one of moviedom's classic interpretations of all-stops-out, sex-starved insanity.
		The aforementioned flashback was removed from the US release version of Black Narcissus so as not to offend the Catholic Legion of Decency.
		While the dramatic content of the film hasn't stood the test of time all that well, the individual performances, production values, and especially the Oscar-winning Technicolor photography of Jack Cardiff are still as impressive as ever.
	movies.nytimes.com /movie/5906/Black-Narcissus/overview (338 words)

	Blogcritics.org: DVD Review: Black Narcissus
		While I'm not much of an Archers scholar, Black Narcissus is probably their most famous film and this viewing is my first -but I have seen a couple, not counting their last film - the awful Australian tourist film, They're a Weird Mob.
		I've had Black Narcissus to watch for quite a while and kept putting it off.
		Black Narcissus doesn't "give" the audience a lot; it expects them to take a lot from it.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2005/11/26/062746.php (834 words)

	Black Narcissus (1946) : Directed by Michael Powell, reviewed by Nick Burton
		Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1946 Black Narcissus may seem at first only tangentially concerned with sex, the truth is that it's the only film I can think of that treats sex as an elemental force of nature.
		A group of nuns (lead by Deborah Kerr) are assigned to staff a hospital/school in a remote area high in the Himalayas.
		The wind blows constantly and steadily, carrying with it the scent of Black Narcissus, purchased by the young prince (Sabu) in England.
	www.pifmagazine.com /SID/479 (310 words)

	Pop Culture
		Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus was not the first adaptation of Rumer Godden's novel to another medium.
		Clips of Black Narcissus were used in the documentary A Bit of Scarlet (1997), directed by Andrea Weiss.
		American director Martin Scorsese has championed Black Narcissus for many years, saying that watching it is "like being bathed in color." He has also been quoted as saying it is "halfway between Disney and a horror film" and "one of the first truly erotic films".
	www.tcm.com /thismonth/article.jsp?cid=133592&mainArticleId=133565 (457 words)

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