![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The film was shot completely in black and white, matching the illustrations done by Aubrey Beardsley in the printed edition of Wilde's play. All the sets were constructed indoors to be able to have complete control over the lighting. 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.ĭespite 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. Salomé is often called one of the first art films to be made in the U.S. 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. More interestingly, this uses a single set based on Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations for the published play. ![]() This is not the opera of course, but the 1923 Silent movie of Wild's play. Not Wagner of course, but would there have been this opera without Wagner? Whatever the answer, Salome, is perhaps one of Strauss' greatest works - if not the greatest opera of the 20th century. ![]()
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