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S alomé (1923), ;[a,_ , silent film directed by Ch \arles Bry(a^[ n=.?t a:_-nd [ /st$%arring Al?.la+ Nazimova, is a , [ fi %$lm@- adaptation +#*of the Osca !r ( ]Wilde =, play of the sam:+ e name. The play itself is a loo se ?r;`,etell )(ing of t $he \#b!= ibl (i )c%?al sto,-ry o?_f K#.ing`_ He\-r^ $od and his exec%-ution of Jo #h](n the Bapt?_( ist (h.\ ere, as in Wilde &#/]39s pla y, ca (%l) + led Jokaa)nan \) $# _at the request of#. ) hi(* s step\-)`daughter, Salomé, whom he. lust_ %s a=)fter. Salomé `. is often called o$ n,:*e of ;the f:/_irst art +] fi? lms to be made in the U ).^;S.[cita tion needed] =The highly stylized% costum*,es:, exagger _ated / ac:ting (even for :(the p@eriod), = m=;!inimal sets, an)d a ]bsence of [ *[a$*ll b?_ut the m@ost : necessary props make f ; or a screen i +;mage much more foc`use^d on(` at) mosphere and?^ on conveyin^g a ?sense of the cha]*ract;ers:)9 =individual hei\)_gh^+te_!ned d_(esires than on conve\ntion^^al plot dev +elopment. ! Despite t ;he fi@!;lm being only =a li[ttle+_+ over an ho= ur in leng th a)n+@d havin#g no\ real action to_%] speak of, (it cost ov*$^er $350 ,00^!]^0 to make. All the se# t\:]s were[ c/onstruc@]ted i_ )]ndoors to be able to . ^have comple?te control?: over - th+^e l _ig -]hting. The film was shot% co#_]]m .pletely in black and wh.[? ite, mat.ching the illustratio)]ns _ ?,done by Au ]b /`rey Beardsley in @%` /-th*?e pri nted edit:! ion of Wilde's p^-?lay. Th#;e ; costum ` %?es, desi;gne: !d by Natacha]] Ramb:ova, _)used _]material on$ly =%@from M)(-(ai- son _#Lewis of P;aris,$(. such as the=_ real silver; lam_!é ; l ]oin= c loths w[+ orn by_- the guards. No# major stu]( ,dio would be a `/ssoci/ated with th!%e `)f %$ilm, and it ,was years after its% %\comple .tion before+ it w as released, b+ ,y )a minor independ@`ent distri: \;butor. It w= as a \co^ m ,plete failure at t$?he time and^/ ma?.rked the end @of Na.- zimov+.[a&#` _3;]`/9s pr.o) `ducing care\) ]er. A l@.#ongs-^\ tanding rum or, which seems to have_! started whil]=e the film_ ^*w ;as still); in production, \)suggests that i/[ts ,cast i.%/s com[= :prised entire^`ly? ; of gay and bisexual act ;(or%s /$in an homage to Osc#ar Wilde, as per sta;r a nd ) prod*ucer% Naz imova's de-`ma =nd. It is, of cours( e$, i+@ /mpo @%ssibl#e _ to sa,\ y, but. =one of the/ *;[@extras in Salo %[ mé +reported. tha\@t a nu!^)]mb? ?er ]=o f t(/he cast\_ members—) -]bo_th;% featured an _ d *=e#xtra s—were indeed gay;, but not an unusual pe/rce =ntage of th% em, and ce:)rt]!% ainly not:] all of the(m. What c an be s ( aid is t?) h+ at Nazimova herself was [a l`[e\sbian, the. two guard ^ cha! racters (w ho, nex`]$t to Salomé,?:@ have th= e most % [ scre?en time) are@ ;: at l _east play(ed\#.` very#` stereotypically gay, a:.^nd se$],$ve ral[); of the` female courtiers= ar`* e men in dr#:ag. Salomé wa s s .c reene^$;)d in 1989! a,#t the New York Interna,]*+tional Festiva_l ^!%!of Le*`/sbian and Ga]y films an%d] in $!1990 at th!]e New Y!/ork Ga_y!] E($`xpe`/r==imental Film Festival._,/ In 2000, ; the Unit^* e\\-d St)ates : (]Librar(y of; Congress deeme[d ?the fil`.m &q!,)!uotcultu?)rally sig $ni(-+ficant" an=d s #^elec,@ted?$\ it fo__r pres [)ervati,on in the Natio/(nal Film; Reg((]istr), ]y.