The Line, the Cross and the Curve (1993)

The Line, the Cross and the Curve is a short film directed by musician Kate Bush featuring seven songs from her 1993 album, The Red Shoes. It’s inspired by the nineteenth Century Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, which tells of an aspiring dancer who receives a pair of magical ballet shoes from a mysterious woman. A personal battle ensues as the dancer attempts to free herself of the obsession. It's the same story that was the basis for the famous 1948 Powell and Pressburger musical.
If reports are to believed Kate hated the final product, so it remains in dvd limbo along with the rest of her video catalogue. Admittedly, it is pretty awful in places, but rose-tinted, fan-boy glasses can hide failings.

2½ pages of / + ) out of 5