张文森
发表于9分钟前回复 :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.
王燕青
发表于1分钟前回复 :马切罗(马塞洛•马斯楚安尼 Marcello Mastroianni 饰)是某杂志的专栏记者,他曾试图成为一名作家但是事与愿违,只得终日为明星绯闻奔忙。马切罗经常出席一些社会名流的交际酒会,于是他暗自和摄影师勾搭,设计拍摄明星隐私然后公诸于众。马切罗有一个女友元玛,在送 她回家的途中,搭乘了一位妓院老鸨,后者对他讲述了很多风月场中的轶事,这让他对名利场更加厌恶。在基督教的某个仪式上,一位从美国来的名模总是对着媒体搔首弄姿,后来马切罗的批评家朋友斯泰纳一针见血指出了她的虚伪之处,这让他逐渐认清了上流社会的腐朽,并开始重新审视自己的生活。他发现自己并不热衷奢华的生活,而且对于那个自以为是的元玛也并不满意,并进行了我行我素的反抗……