Editing The Red Shoes (1948 film) (section)

==Legacy==
Retrospectively, it is regarded as one of the best films of [[Powell and Pressburger]]'s partnership, and in 1999, it was voted the [[BFI Top 100 British films|ninth greatest British film of all time]] by the [[British Film Institute]]. In the intervening years, it has garnered status as a [[cult following|cult film]] and an archetypal dance film.{{sfn|McLean|1988|p=32}} In 2017, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' magazine saw it ranked the fifth best British film ever.<ref>[https://www.timeout.com/london/film/100-best-british-films#tab_panel_4 "The 100 best British films"]. ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]''. Retrieved 24 October 2017</ref> Filmmakers such as [[Brian De Palma]], [[Martin Scorsese]], [[Francis Ford Coppola]], and [[Steven Spielberg]] have named it one of their all-time favourite films,<ref>{{cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=Pamela |date=6 September 2018 |title=Five Things to Know About The Red Shoes – Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's Triumph Turns 70 |work=[[British Film Institute]] | url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/red-shoes-michael-powell-emeric-pressburger | access-date=20 March 2019}}</ref> and [[Roger Ebert]] included it in his list of ''[[The Great Movies|Great Movies]]''.<ref name=ebert/> The February 2020 issue of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' lists ''The Red Shoes'' as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html|magazine=[[New York Magazine]]|access-date=March 17, 2025}}</ref>

The film is particularly known for its cinematography and especially the use of [[Technicolor]]. In the introduction for The Criterion Collection DVD of [[Jean Renoir]]'s ''[[The River (1951 film)|The River]]'', Scorsese considers ''The Red Shoes'' and ''The River'' to be the two most beautiful colour films.