叶小青
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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.
陶鲲鹏
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:汤尼(雷·米兰德 Ray Milland饰)和玛戈(格蕾丝·凯利 Grace Kelly 饰)是貌合神离的一对夫妻。汤尼常常为了他的事业和爱好,把娇妻忘在一边,二人感情亮出红灯。而生活寂寥的玛戈和作家马克不可避免的擦出爱之火花,他们约会、通信,不料竟被汤尼发现。汤尼没有 声张,只是写了一封匿名信给妻子以示警告。然而现在马克竟然造访家中,为了一雪耻辱,加之图谋得到妻子玛戈的丰厚财产,汤尼暗生毒计。 汤尼向旧时同学列斯开出了一千英镑的价钱,让其参与他布下的一整套严密杀人计划。这套计划有设计精妙的凶手不在场证据,电话、钥匙,窗帘,统统成为这个阴谋的道具设置。然而计划终究赶不上变化,列斯不但得不到赏金,还要赔上自己的性命。而汤尼却也急中生了智……