Monthly Archives: January 2021

The ‘exaggerated’ colours of Black Narcissus (1947 and 2020)
By Sarah Street In Black Narcissus (Powell and Pressburger, 1947) Mr Dean (David Farrar) comments that at Mopu there is ‘something in the air that makes everything seem exaggerated’. The film was indeed noted for bringing out this quality, made possible through the ingenuity of production designer Alfred Junge, matte artist and special effects technician W. Percy […]