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Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIn retrospect, it may have been a mistake to watch the original Archers film production of “Black Narcissus” before screening the limited series “Black Narcissus,” produced for FX and BBC One. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1947 take on Rumer Godden’s novel is a cinematic landmark of its era, leaning on saturated colors, dramatic music cues and performances so pointed they threatened to draw blood.

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'Black Narcissus': TV Review

It's my deep, dark secret (one I'm happy to admit to anybody) that I don't hate Gus Van Sant's Psycho. Sure, I'd watch the Hitchcock original 100 more times before wanting to revisit Vince Vaughn's take on Norman Bates, yet the much reviled shot-for-shot remake still interests me as a bizarre art project.

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‘Black Narcissus’: The Devil Comes In Many Disguises For FX’s New Young Nuns Convent Series Starring Gemma Arterton

Remember “Black Narcissus,” the 1947 British psychological drama film written, produced, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and starring Deborah Kerr? Well, you may have forgotten, but FX announced a year ago that they were making a three-episode limited series based on the same material from writer Amanda Coe (“Shameless,” “The Trial of Christine Keeler”) and directed by Danish cinematographer turned director Charlotte Bruus Christensen (known for shooting “The Hunt,” “Far From The Madding Crowd” and second unit on Ben Affleck’s “Live By Night”).

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