林灵
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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.
陈莉萍
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:美国石油巨头Connex公司准备与一家获得哈萨克斯坦石油开采权的小公司Killen合并,并就开采权向海湾某石油国家的年轻王子纳西尔(亚历山大•希德迪格 Alexander Siddig 饰)施加压力。瑞士日内瓦某能源咨询公司的研究员布莱恩•伍德曼(马特•达蒙 Matt Damon 饰)代表公司参加了纳西尔王子在西班牙马贝拉行宫的聚会,后成为纳西尔王子的经济顾问。但美国政府却支持纳西尔王子腐败无才的弟弟继承王位,并派出CIA特工鲍勃(乔治•克鲁尼 George Clooney 饰)前往黎巴嫩实施刺杀纳西尔王子的计划。与此同时,华盛顿一家律师事务所派班尼特(杰弗里•莱特 Jeffery Wright 饰)对Connex-Killen合并事宜进行事前调查……本片获奥斯卡、金球奖和英国电影电视协会最佳男配角奖(乔治•克鲁尼),并获奥斯卡奖最佳原创剧本和金球奖最佳电影音乐提名。