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Reviews of Black Narcissus (1947)

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Reviews:-

• Fascinating trivia (and any goofs) connected with the film
• All location & studio details known

• Contemporary Article, Hunt for 'Kanchi' - Film Reel, 1946
• Contemporary Review - Picture Show, July 24th, 1948
• Contemporary Review - Film Complet (French), May 26th, 1949

• Review by Andrew Hicks
• Synopsis by Robert Horton
• Review by Leonard Maltin
• Review by Dave Kehr (Chicago Reader)
• DVD Review by Kevin Jackson
• Black Narcissus: An Indian perspective
• The 100 Best Films To Rent You've Never Heard Of
• The VCI/Carlton DVD
• Through a Lens, Darkly
  - Revisiting the rich splendors of Black Narcissus
• Blue Nun/Red Desire
  - The Palette of Piety, Passion, and Monstrosity in Black Narcissus
  - By: Mary Bowen
• TV Guide review
• "Radio Times" film guide
• Error in BFI archive print
• Judith Furse - A Gay Nun?
• Henry Coombs Reviews
• At the NFT (with Kathleen Byron)
  - 18th March 2000
• Article by Michael Walker
• Madness through Music
  - An Analysis of Sound in BN
• Agee on Film
• Hunting the lost scenes in BN

• Link to -> Trailer on YouTube
• Link to -> Irish idyll on YouTube
• Link to -> Dramatic climax on YouTube
• Link to -> Review @ Edinburgh University Film Society
• Link to -> BBC Review
• Link to -> Bright Lights review of the Criterion DVD
• Link to -> Primitive Spectacle in Black Narcissus
  - Paper by Ph.D. Candidate Anh Hua
• Link to -> Cinema-scene Review
• Link to -> BFI ScreenOnline
• Link to -> BFI feature
• Link to -> Baltimore CityPaper Review
• Link to -> Another Baltimore CityPaper Review
• Link to -> Filmycks review

Reviews of the DVDs :-

• Review of the Criterion DVD (Steve Erickson, Angeles Magazine, Feb 2001)
• User reviews of the Criterion DVD at Amazon.com
• Link to -> Images Journal Review by Gary Morris
• Link to -> Bright Lights review of the Criterion DVD
• DVD timings - music cues by Kaplan
• Link to -> Criterion page about the DVD
• Link to -> Criterion essay about BN by David Kehr
• Link to -> Savant Review of the Criterion DVD
• Link to -> Reel.com Review of Criterion DVD
• Link to -> The DVD Movie Guide Review of Criterion DVD
• Link to -> The Cinema Laser Review of Criterion DVD
• Link to -> Bil Antoniou's review
• Link to -> DVD Movie Central Review
• Link to -> DVD Journal
• Link to -> Flipside Movies
• Link to -> Jarod Musgrave, DVD File
• Link to -> Comparison of Criterion, L'Institut Lumière & Network DVDs by DVD Beaver
• Link to -> Colorama: The Sensual Madness of Black Narcissus, Aubyn Eli takes a look at Criterion's Blu-ray of Black Narcissus

Reviews of the Videos :-

• Notes from the video sleeve

Pictures from the PaPAS Gallery

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Other P&P reviews