晏菲
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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.
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:奥利维亚(珍妮佛·安妮斯顿)有三个亲密无间的老朋友,四个女人多年为伴,无话不谈。随着人到中年,朋友的际遇各有不同,却都已然成家立业:她们一个成为著名的服装设计师,一个是当红剧作家,另一个继承大笔遗产,衣食无忧。相比之下,奥利维亚的生活真是一塌糊涂,她不仅单身未婚,而且刚刚丢了工作,生活陷入困境。虽然带着表面的尴尬与难堪,老友们依然不离不弃,帮奥利维亚介绍工作,介绍男友,却鲜有成效。其实老友们也有自己的烦恼,厌倦工作、厌倦婚姻、厌倦生活,每个人都切实感触着中年的危机与烦恼。奥利维亚游走在大商场,索要着免费的面霜试用装,借着老友的光参加各种高级派对,等待烦恼逝去,等待真命天子的到来。其实不管每个人多有钱,还不是都这样等待着……