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.
索伦蒂诺的那不勒斯乡愁，
对索伦蒂诺而言，上帝之手是马拉多纳的一脚球，而我而言，上帝之手就是电影的发明。拍电影需要什么，需要痛苦。长在厕所里的妹妹，不顾他人言说的小姨，使用发声器的糕点厨师，用梳子梳理“超级蜜穴”的男爵夫人，夏天裹着貂的老妇人……相信他们应该真实的出现在导演的成长路程中，否则凭空很难想象出这样鲜活的人物形象。
前半段的幽默与后半段的心痛完美结合，保罗·索伦蒂诺在这部作品中塞进了很多想要表达的东西，成长、失去、性…
索伦蒂诺的少年成长往事，饱含许多私人回忆，得到与失去 ，与电影的缘起，罗马是终点也是起点。
意大利小哥哥好帅，但后半部分就emmmm，都在看景。
关乎成长，关于灵感，关乎城市
The quest for meaning continues while the questions remain. Sorrentino was given the chance to tell the story of his life, and he mixes the feeling of adolescence loss with an extra layer of grandeur -- his signature style. Common sense gives way for the theatrics, mostly in the forms of sleepless nights.
因为费里尼的伟大，好多友邻不甚喜欢索罗蒂诺的模仿，但仅于我而言，《上帝之手》不只是索伦蒂诺一次私人化的自我映射，还有对我产生强烈共情性的冲击，一切情感力量都藏在了私人化的影像里，一旦将其放映呈现，就不再独属于创作者，而属于银幕下沉浸的观众了。在体悟生命的历程中，每个人都有自己的那不勒斯，与之伴随着有那青春狂躁的荷尔蒙，那为迭戈进球的癫狂，无奈终究会选择抛下这一切前往罗马，拥抱逃避伤痛带来的孤独。而无情的上帝之手会协同意志玩弄人类短暂命运于鼓掌之中
人总会以回溯的方式为自己的过去创造条件。性启蒙，足球马拉多纳，费里尼，家庭，梦想，命运，生命。导演为自己父母的去世创造另一种方式，让自己的不在场更加遗憾。“不，我永远不会忘记”
今年真的不是没有好电影的，这部能算进我的年度top10！可能不算是索伦蒂诺电影里面最美的，但却是最接地气的。只有意大利才能孕育出这样的导演吧。像流水账一样娓娓道来的悲喜剧，甚至有些无厘头和梦幻，却特别的接地气，在这份人味儿中男孩成长了
从热闹的大家庭到成为孤儿，与往事一一告别后独自远行，繁华散尽的悲哀总被他拍得如此动人
我的梦想在我看来疯狂可笑，成为一名导演后我拍摄了一部关于那不勒斯的作品——那里的人们简单得和海一样，每分每秒脚踏实地，骨子里有一股浪漫，还有对生活纯朴的热爱。
夏天，头一次体会到湿透的衬衫在身上干掉的夏天，头一次想要抓起镜头记录下某刻的夏天，头一次感受到夕阳的温度的夏天。私人曼妙的年少回忆，或幻想，或现实，透过脑中的构建回顾，在银幕上还魂。感觉算是网飞出钱给导演进行私人创作最好的一部，意大利少年诸如那刻的故事通过大数据归类集总已经拍得太多，但这部仍是真正融入创作者感情的一部。
索伦蒂诺电影 卖钱的好看元素全具备 剩下都是屎 他鸡贼到能把你给气死
半自传电影果然很私人化，那一幕幕关于少年成长、家乡惆怅、家人离去的影像，情感上多少还是有所共通。最打动人的还是拍出了“全世界都在庆祝，唯独我是孤独和悲伤”的落寞感，导演设置了很多诸如“上帝之手”的意象，不过后半程为把每个角色讲清楚还是过于冗长了。
刚开始一直压住配乐，还以为索伦蒂诺终于要朴实真诚一把了，结果好家伙，原来是为了给结尾攒个大的。直男版《85盛夏》，后半段又俗又腻，没有《85盛夏》那么做作的结构，但《上帝之手》却彻底陷入了无话可说的境地，索伦蒂诺以”个人经历“为免死金牌，将活生生的人和城市压成了标本书签，实在让人怀疑导师洋洋洒洒的那一大段教诲，他到底有没有听进去……
绝不垮掉！忘记痛苦，拍电影要想点好玩的事！
生活不能一直用喜剧来掩饰裂痕，这样日积月累之后，即使是上帝之手也无法缝回。更喜欢前半段的故事，用喜剧来掩饰悲伤，后半段直接把悲伤演出来，反而无法共鸣，男主还太年轻，hold不住这悲伤的重量
这也是他交给影片中疑问的答案
乡愁类电影的创作，应该是个人化的。但电影创作的初衷或者说任务是被人观赏，与观众共情是创作者的“责任”。一味铺陈过度私人化的、对他人而言大多无法触碰与理解的记忆碎片，纵然有那不勒斯的美景相称，也如隔靴搔痒，难以直击灵魂。
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