一乐
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: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.
陈爽
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:其貌不扬的中年男人米切尔(法布莱斯·鲁奇尼 Fabrice Luchini 饰),他的职业是巡回法院的庭长。在业内,米切尔有着“两位数庭长”的昵称,因为凡是他经手的案件,被告人被判刑的年份均超过两位数。这一次,米切尔要面对一桩非常棘手的案件,案件中的死者,是一名年仅7个月大的婴儿。在审理案件的同时,米切尔还要应付自己顽固的感冒。陪审席上坐着形形色色的陪审员们,其中,一个熟悉的面孔吸引了米切尔的注意,她就是蒂特(西瑟·巴比特·科努德森 Sidse Babett Knudsen 饰),蒂特是一名医生,曾经照顾过生病主演的米切尔。蒂特的存在让米切尔开始格外认真的审视起这桩扑朔迷离,似乎另有隐情的案件。