Salomé (1923), a silent film directed by Charles Bryant and starring Alla Nazimova, is a film adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play of the same name. The play itself is a loose retelling of the biblical story of King Herod and his execution of John the Baptist (here, as in Wilde's play, called Jokaanan) at the request of his stepdaughter, Salomé, whom he lusts after. Salomé is often called one of the first art films to be made in the U.S.[citation needed] The highly stylized costumes, exaggerated acting (even for the period), minimal sets, and absence of all but the most necessary props make for a screen image much more focused on atmosphere and on conveying a sense of the characters' individual heightened desires than on conventional plot development. Despite the film being only a little over an hour in length and having no real action to speak of, it cost over $350,000 to make. All the sets were constructed indoors to be able to have complete control over the lighting. The film was shot completely in black and white, matching the illustrations done by Aubrey Beardsley in the printed edition of Wilde's play. The costumes, designed by Natacha Rambova, used material only from Maison Lewis of Paris, such as the real silver lamé loincloths worn by the guards. No major studio would be associated with the film, and it was years after its completion before it was released, by a minor independent distributor. It was a complete failure at the time and marked the end of Nazimova's producing career. A longstanding rumor, which seems to have started while the film was still in production, suggests that its cast is comprised entirely of gay and bisexual actors in an homage to Oscar Wilde, as per star and producer Nazimova's demand. It is, of course, impossible to say, but one of the extras in Salomé reported that a number of the cast members—both featured and extras—were indeed gay, but not an unusual percentage of them, and certainly not all of them. What can be said is that Nazimova herself was a lesbian, the two guard characters (who, next to Salomé, have the most screen time) are at least played very stereotypically gay, and several of the female courtiers are men in drag. Salomé was screened in 1989 at the New York International Festival of Lesbian and Gay films and in 1990 at the New York Gay Experimental Film Festival. In 2000, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
酸笋剧场网友:查尔斯·布莱恩特,艾拉·娜兹莫娃导演在《萨乐美》这部影评中的运镜、剪辑、演员艾拉·娜兹莫娃 的演技、配乐都是满分的存在,《萨乐美》以剧情为切入感十分流畅不出戏,甚至里面的一些细节拍的如此之好,让我十分惊喜。
百度云网友:《萨乐美》的伟大之处就是给你营造了一个梦幻国度,不仅画面美而且充分发挥你的想象力,最主要是抽离现实让你短暂忘掉现实,从懂事起就听过这部影片,一直到现在才看,查尔斯·布莱恩特,艾拉·娜兹莫娃不愧是大师,应该会继续看他其他的作品。
樱花动漫网友: 《萨乐美》这部影视作品放在人人都要喊着走出舒适圈的今天,简直是部丧爆了的作品吧!感谢艾拉·娜兹莫娃的精彩演绎,感谢查尔斯·布莱恩特,艾拉·娜兹莫娃导演,自由,说起来容易,其实是另一种束缚,太多的选择,等于别无选择!坚守自己可以掌控的东西,也是需要勇气的事!如果每个人都能坚守住自己的精神家园,就不会有那个操蛋的20世纪了吧!
酸笋剧场网友: 影片《萨乐美》剧情联系现实,题材很优秀,完成度很高,当中的场景推进都十分的紧凑,剧中的所有场景情节都可以将观众们的心所感染,在技术细节上面当中来看的话,其实也挑不出来很大的毛病,冲着剧情和演员也该给这个分数,艾拉·娜兹莫娃等实力派演员的演技简直了。
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