Review of Black Narcissus (1947) by Matt B — 11 Nov 2011

A group of British nuns in a remote but picturesque Tibetan mission struggle with repression and temptation, and all in glorious technicolor. Some of the acting may seem a little overwrought by contemporary standards, but the portrayal of ascetics fighting to batten down the hatches of their desires in a sensuous and exotic environment ring true, even if the object of those desires, bare-chested and shorty shorts wearing David Farrar as Our Man in Tibet, provokes occasional inappropriate laughter.