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.
【印度】能够想到（或是不惊奇）的设计——在类型感十足的外衣里，包裹社会议题的内壳；小孩子也必然不会受到伤害，而是仅指向一个更大的目的与更“理想化”的结果。但它能够最大可能帮助观众粘连在它的进程里，女主角的表演同样从冷漠、疯狂再到心死，所跨越的层次也印象深刻；两部分足够有效并保持到了最后。 银幕里的喊话固然激励人心，但现实依然冰冷却艰难；这般反差所带来的遗憾与唏嘘，或许远远胜于故事本身。
我们有什么资格鄙视印度呢 至少他们的电影可以直视这个国家的阴暗 而我们却把扼杀在某个地窖里
强奸入死刑的话会使被强奸的女性陷入极其危险的境地
渐渐就能摸清楚故事的走向，但还是被现实所震慑了，怀着一种难忍的共情，我看完了这部电影。
三傻救不了教育，星期四也帮不了妇女地位。不过发声总是好的，剧情推动有点生硬，细节经不起推敲
被情绪主导还是在所难免 但女性确实是伟大的
印度社会的强奸问题的确值得批判，但是这部电影拍得有些做作，以司机为导火索来贯穿始末虽然说得通，但要挟到总统来面对面谈判，还只有一个探员跟进去，还允许对方拿着枪，最后才是特种兵进入，整个安排太脱离常识……音乐和镜头也出戏。好题材，烂电影
那些没有加害的人，自以为遮住了眼，捂住了耳朵，袖手旁观就是无罪了。
有蹭热点之嫌 有狗血 有刻意 可是坏人就是要被惩治啊 为什么受害者还要承担更多呢 记住这个星期四 不要再置若罔闻
从立意上来说，至少印度演艺圈在做正确的关注，不论它是不是有促进意义。 从技术上来说，平庸的编剧，平庸的表演，漏洞百出的挟持案。
印度的影视作品总有种横冲直撞的气质 不精致但很鲜活
这电影能看到国内外进几年好多同类型作品的影子，远到《3年A班》《沉默的真相》近到《开端》《新蝙蝠侠》……
虽然本片必然属于虚构，许多情节也不够合理，但是越来越喜欢印度电影的深入且敢于直面和反思社会的顽疾，感觉这才是有担当的民族觉醒和大国崛起的象征。
这部电影里漏洞可能太多了，但依旧是一部意义大于戏剧本身的电影。那句“在印度 每16分钟就有一名女性遭到强奸” 有被震撼到，我觉得拍出社会的真实问题我觉得就是好电影，国内太欠缺这方面的电影了，不过一一个上海买菜的话题都能被夹总夹的地方，还是别想了……
3.5 电影过于丰满，现实还是很骨感。 128=8*16
1.错过了两周，总算是在这个星期四看了这部《星期四》了。不过原名《A Thursday》还是翻译成《一个星期四》更为恰当。2.影片于我有些印度版《恐怖直播》之感，看到后面又联想起《开端》和好些新闻事件；3.渺小个体的声音不被听见或重视，当事人只好另辟蹊径、选择非常手段来引人注目，增加问题被关注并解决的可能性；4.片尾字幕：Since you’ve started watching this film, as per statistics, 8 women have been raped in our country. 自你开始观看这部电影，据统计，在我国已有8名妇女被强奸。
連印度都可以拍出這種電影。五星支持強姦罪死刑。
一个好故事一部烂电影 道家语 在天成象在地成形 这是对于内容与形式最好的阐释
印度能把这个社会问题赤果果拍出来就是赢了。
类型片的框架，社会问题的里子。看到这种聚焦当下、高度理想化的电影——无论是印度的还是韩国的，在惊叹它的尺度之余，有时难免会产生粗暴而又表面的观感。但事实上，作为一名中国观众，我们并没有资格做出这样的感想，因为相类似的电影已经在我们的国度里消失了，只剩下偶尔掠过的一些隐晦的光影片段，聊以自慰。更何况，贴近的当下的问题，它又怎么会是肤浅的呢？它是最重要的——而我们，失去了最重要的东西。
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