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.
落后的国家，落后的体制，竟然为了博取选民的投票而费劲心思操控司法和媒体，真是笑死我了，还好我在中国
4.警务系统、教育系统全方位的腐败 司法系统是唯一的救赎
宿敌（豆瓣评分8.7）
印度又一部批判体制的电影，敢于发声的电影，对于热点社会议题没有进行更深层次的探讨，好在讲故事的手法，角色的反转，还能吸引人看下去。前面半个小时的处理不太好，为了后面法庭戏的反转模糊了故事，又想调动大众情绪，总是情绪先于故事，很难让人共情。
权力滥用，民粹主义，体制之殇……
买凶杀人，杀人灭口，
起初以为是关于程序正义的片子，结果正邪的多次反转有点超乎预料。但学生群体真的是没看到长进，始终被情绪牵着走。总体而言是很有力量的片子，几首歌的歌词也都很好。
2.用后即弃的白手套永远是底层
好看是好看的，但是最后那个反转抛弃了这部电影最有价值的部分，程序正义和政治正确到底哪个更值得保护，沦陷到阴谋论里，就变得无趣了。多给一颗星，印度电影经常让我们汗颜。
如果真是这么拍，就真的敢拍。
前一小时纯属铺垫，后面开始精彩。按这个程度应该还有续集可以拍。
影片中涉及到的这些主体和荒诞事件，或多或少的发生在如今这个世界的每个角落，变革还是革命？这是这部影片带给我们的思考，也是每一个国家和每个公民都应该思考的命题。
就可以让我给满分。
印度文艺工作者的尺度和表达程度我们已经望尘莫及了。但这部电影本身我可真喜欢不起来。
题材不错，反转还行，剪辑和节奏不太行，少用点升格就好了。
标准的宝莱坞流水模式，开头我以为重看了旧片子，连配乐都如此类似。但正如高赞评论，至少人家还能拍电影含沙射影。
印度拍出了法制题材影片新高度。司法正义并不是群众的正义，影片探讨了多个社会热点议题，但是最让人深刻的就是律师对多数人的暴政所提出的批判。
片子本身问题很大，前面卖关子整整两个钟头，看得我昏昏欲睡，看到 20 分钟就看不下去，今晚再看。2小时开始才揭开大幕，情节错综复杂，40分钟压缩太多东西了，主题太多，完全讲不完，重点不明确，又是革命又是政治又是贪腐又是校园政治，核心就是印度自上而下都完了。感觉印度这个国家就是个戏场嘛，就是给印度电影提供素材的
广场，学生，抗议，暴乱，镇压，政治，种族，性别，教育，人权，亲情，爱情，友情，全部浓缩在160分钟里面，无限反转，无限精彩。
印度的电影逐渐走出了自己的风格，虽然并不是当今盛行的实验性电影风格，但是却把自己民族和国家的问题表达到了极致，《宿敌》不仅是父权社会与女权及人权的对抗，正是法律自身与自身的对抗，还是民主与政治的对抗，更是种姓制度与新时代人性的对抗。这些对抗加上层层的悬疑，让一个片子既有了阶层点燃大家的内心，又给予了片子本身强悬疑快反转的底色，虽然会有一定的bug，但是却给了电影更大的空间。这便是印度电影的进步，我们的亚太区电影真的各有各的特色，啥时候能咸鱼翻个身啊！
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