陈琳
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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.
许飞
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:丹尼尔(马修·麦克费登 Matthew Macfadyen 饰)是个久不得志的作家,而且一直生活在名作家哥哥罗伯特(拉珀特·格雷夫斯 Rupert Graves 饰)的阴影之下。默默担负赡养父母义务的他这次主办父亲的葬礼,却同样被哥哥喧宾夺主。本来严肃而又神圣的葬礼更是被堂姐的未婚夫,错食了迷幻药的可怜虫西蒙(艾伦·图代克 Alan Tudyk 饰),搅得一团糟。然而更大的危机在后面,一个神秘的侏儒男子(彼特·丁拉基 Peter Dinklage 饰)现身了,带着毁坏父亲所有声名的证据对丹尼尔进行敲诈。原来丹尼尔的父亲是同性恋,这个秘密眼看就要在他死后被揭开。在一团混乱中,葬礼断断续续的进行着。戏剧化的悲伤和幽默悄然向我们揭示葬礼的意义——带着挚爱的心情缅怀死者,也让生者将不如意的过去埋葬在葬礼上。