Salomé (1923) at Tinker Street Cinema
Salomé (1923)
Legend has it that openly lesbian filmmaker Alla Nazimova assembled an all-queer cast for her highly stylized adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play Salomé, in which she also starred. Genuinely avant-garde in design and performance, this tale of a “girl who is unafraid to kill and does it as a form of affection” is famed for the character’s “Dance of the Seven Veils” and demanding her love interest’s head on a platter.
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Legend has it that openly lesbian filmmaker Alla Nazimova assembled an all-queer cast for her highly stylized adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play Salomé, in which she also starred. Genuinely avant-garde in design and performance, this tale of a “girl who is unafraid to kill and does it as a form of affection” is famed for the character’s “Dance of the Seven Veils” and demanding her love interest’s head on a platter.
Salomé (1923)
Legend has it that openly lesbian filmmaker Alla Nazimova assembled an all-queer cast for her highly stylized adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play Salomé, in which she also starred. Genuinely avant-garde in design and performance, this tale of a “girl who is unafraid to kill and does it as a form of affection” is famed for the character’s “Dance of the Seven Veils” and demanding her love interest’s head on a platter.
