Salome / Lot in Sodom
by Charles Bryant, James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber
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Actor: Alla Nazimova, Arthur Jasmine, Earl Schenck, Mitchell Lewis, Rose DioneDirector: Charles Bryant, James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber
Producer: Alla Nazimova
Producer: Alec Wilder
Producer: Bernard O'Brien
Writer: Natacha Rambova
Writer: Oscar Wilde
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.0
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-07-15
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Salome / Lot in Sodom
Movie Review: A Little Too Strange
Summary: 2 Stars
Alla Nazimova is a famous name from the stage; she was ranked among stars as talented as Sarah Bernhardt. She made a few films, though many of them appeared quite stagey and overdone. This is a perfect example of this. Salome is a famous Biblical story; a young Babylonian girl takes the head of John the Baptist as revenge for his rejecting her advances. The sets and costumes were done by Natacha Rambova, a talented but strange designer. Although opulent and beautiful, the visual elements make for a bizarre film.
Nazimova was much like silent star Mary Pickford in that both played young girls into their 40s. Both did excellent jobs; here Nazimova accomplishes the appearance of youth through her body language. However, she and Pickford were opposites as actresses. Pickford was very subtle and perfect for the screen, but Nazimova's movements are exaggerated. At times they are poetic, but at others, just silly.
One of the worst parts of the film is the dance of the seven veils. It is one of the most unseductive dances ever, which is strange since the dance of Babylon in Metropolis was so racy. Of course, censorship might have hindered this scene; it is also not helped by the default music score. This choice is absolutely dreadful and monotonous. The second choice is much better and helps the dance scene out a bit more.
Also included on this DVD is Lot in Sodom, a film about the exploits of men with other men. It is obviously an art film, demonstrated by almost no dialogue, nudity, moody lighting, and strange double-vision images. It is difficult to understand, and seemingly just "art for the sake of art." You might find yourself wondering what you just saw and what the point was.
This DVD is certainly a curiosity, but not necessarily worth the price.
Summary of Salome / Lot in Sodom
Starring the tempestuous, Russian-born Alla Nazimova, Salome adapts the controversial Oscar Wilde play with an abundance of sumptuously fantastic visuals. Loosely based on the Biblical story, this saga of King Herod and his unbridled lust for his young stepdaughter leads to the haughty Salome's demand of the head of John the Baptist in exchange for an alluring dance. Hailed as America's first art film, this striking evocation of a fantastic, surreal era of perpetual night and rampant debauchery still retains its power to shock and captivate. No less remarkable is Lot in Sodom, a sensual depiction of the Sodom and Gomorrah story filled with sinewy and semi-clad bodies, delirious bacchanales devoted to physical pleasure, and a searing, cataclysmic finale depicting the fall of a city devoted to sins of the flesh. Both films are digitally mastered from excellent 35mm elements. Salome includes a choice of an orchestral score composed and conducted by Marc-Olivier Dupin and a score composed and performed by Silent Orchestra (Carlos Garza and Rich O'Meara). Lot In Sodom has its original experimental soundtrack by Alec Wilder.Classics DVD Video
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