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.
爆抱^q^
220405 【B】顺应当下流行元素延伸而得来的玩梗电影。凌乱如现实且同样被一套框架所控制，完成连贯的接梗和过渡，荒诞不经但绝不是陌生的。
渣男损友上门来，锁门破障全靠她。
I lived through the pandemic and all I get is this stupid movie.
笑死😆 電影水深，投電影的都在度假，那是真的
其实还挺有趣的，过分解构了特别多产业规则，看似乱麻一团，但你甚至无法分辨哪些是刻意而为之的。
一群在好莱坞混迹很久的，依然没有典型作品的，为了赚钱不得不拍的网大电影。几乎看不到可取之处，如果真要说有什么，只能说有一点讽刺当前的好莱坞虚伪吧。
一些黑色幽默？一些无厘头？ 不是常见的喜剧片搞笑路数，也就是说有一定的发笑门槛，这也可能是评分不尽人意的原因。也或者说？就是不搞笑，嗯。
只有很短时间紧张的部分，不太恐怖，小成本，不要求太多了，无聊的时候🥱看过就好了
作为屎尿屁片大粉&同行业从业者&正在经历疫情的人想说这简直是浪费我宝贵的俩小时 即不讲逻辑还不好笑还烂梗
其实还挺有趣的，过分解构了特别多产业规则，看似乱麻一团，但你甚至无法分辨哪些是刻意而为之的。
一部疫情期間劇組的花式團建，有些地方還挺有意思的，不過還是太像TikTok段子合集了，很難說有什麽值得繫統成片的地方。“如果電影院有一天開門，每個人都會為妳精妙的臺詞所打動！”隔離、口罩和不接觸的擁抱，有時候真的忘了，疫情給生活帶來了多深的烙印，也該學著像這樣，去苦中作樂了。
开始觉得很好笑很傻逼酒店隔离哪有那么糟 越看到公司不惜一切手段只管完成电影越他妈笑不出来 尤其是制片人说了“the show must go on”这句熟悉的话之后 感觉跟2020年学校对待我们的态度差不多吧 太真实 ptsd了 制片公司=我校 本来是因为Pedro看的 看完只想说James McAvoy can chase and tackle me any day🥵🥵
一个大活人一个低下透风的破门弄不开 我是不相信的
没有任何演技支撑起女主心理活动，所有行动都不合常理，你说她紧张没看出来，她愤怒你没看出来，演技差的让人发指。还假装高级带了一下宗教，试图升华，爬上去脱困还故意来个破茧重生的场面，然后各种骚操作，小孩不见了跟圣诞节拆礼物似的，莫名其妙带着小孩外面淋雨，当然家里死了两个人最后的岁月静好也让你佩服
真的很好笑为什么分这么低！前面慢一点但是后面整个爆笑，可能隔离过的人才能体会！凯伦吉兰果然手脚不怎么协调哈哈哈
就很普通的那种，也不算难看，这种小成本电影拍不出新意就会觉得很乏味
全程燃炸了。看得超级爽的
绿谷在这部里蠢得像头驴，打斗毫无章法可言。背景搞得很宏大，战斗却是草草了事，boss也不够强大。
a distraction from the difficult time
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