Vertigo, el amigo de los niños, escribió:
SALOME'S LAST DANCE (Ken Russell, 1988)
Directed by
Ken Russell
Writing credits
Ken and Vivian Russell on her translation of Oscar Wilde's play "SALOME"
Produced by
Penny Corke, Dan Ireland, Robert Littman, William J. Quigley and Ronaldo Vasconcellos
Cinematography by
Harvey Harrison
Cast
Glenda Jackson ... Herodias/Lady Alice
Stratford Johns ... Herod/Alfred Taylor
Nickolas Grace ... Oscar Wilde
Douglas Hodge ... John the Baptist/Lord Alfred 'Bosey' Douglas
Imogen Millais-Scott ... Salome/Rose
Denis Lill ........... Tigellenus/Chilvers
Russell Lee Nash ... Pageboy
Ken Russell ... Cappadocian/Kenneth
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096029/
Plot's summary
Late on Guy Fawkes Day, 1892, Oscar Wilde arrives at a high-class brothel where a surprise awaits: a staging of his play "Salome," with parts played by prostitutes, Wilde's host, his lover Bosey, and Lady Alice. The movie moves between the play and Wilde's night. In the play, Herod begs his pubescent step-daughter Salome to dance for him, promising her anything she desires. Her mother, Herodias, objects. Salome is stung by John the Baptist's rejection of her affections. The prophet's scolding celibacy puts him between the expressed desire of age and youth. Wilde dallies with a young man as he watches the show, provoking Bosey's jealousy. Two surprises await us.
My comment
Glenda Jackson, Ken Russell and Oscar Wilde are too many strings for this violin, if it isn't a Stradivarius. Anyway, the text of the divine Wilde, originally written in french and translated by Vivian Jolly Russell- one of his four wives is splendid, but the film shows the decadence of the british director. Ken Russell uses the time-honored technique of a play within a play, to present a fictional British premier of the play considered so decadent, the Lord Chamberlain banned it from the stage. Wilde did not see a production of Salome in his lifetime.
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Oscar Wilde - Salome's Last Dance - 1988.avi 
