DVD
Salomé ; Lot in Sodom.
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Full screen version.
Performers
Lot in Sodom: Friederich Haak, Hildegarde Watson, Dorothea Haus, Lewis Whitbeck.
Publication Information
Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, c2003.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (101 min.) : si., col. tinted and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA: Not rated.
Summary
Salomé (74 min.): Salomé dances for King Herod and demands that the head of John the Baptist be brought to her on a platter.
Lot in Sodom (27 min.): A lyrical interpretation of the Biblical Old Testament story based on rhythmical arrangements of symbols rather than on chronological development of action.
Notes
Title from menu; some credits from container and insert.
Salomé was originally released as a motion picture in 1922; Lot in Sodom originally released in 1933.
Salomé is based on the play by Oscar Wilde.
Salomé is a selection of the National Film Registry, 2000.
This edition of Salomé includes a choice of an orchestral score composed and conducted by Marc-Olivier Dupin and a score composed and performed by Silent Orchestra (Carlos Garza and Rich O'Meara).
First film restored and soundtrack added in 2001-2002.
Recorded in Dolby digital 5.0 surround and 2.0 stereo (1st film) and Dolby digital mono (2nd film).
"Dual layer format"--Container.
Program notes by Lori K. Martin inserted in container.
Contents
- Salomé : an historical phantasy (74 min.) / by Oscar Wilde ; written for the screen by Peter M. Winters ; direction by Charles Bryant
- Lot in Sodom (27 min.) / produced by Watson ... [et al. ; a film by J.S. Watson Jr. and Melville Webber].