Review of Salomé

Salomé (1922)
6/10
"I'll kiss thy mouth!" - Portrait of a megalomaniac
4 December 2023
Warning: Spoilers
They are nothing new. This one destroyed souls at the time of Christ.

Bewigged Nazimova is stunning as Salome, the sadist with nothing to do with her life but pursue her perverse cravings.

She lusts after the imprisoned holy man Jokaanan, who is about as likely to respond to her come-on as playwright Oscar Wilde would have been. Did the persecuted writer see a soulmate in John?

Mitchell Lewis turns in a slimy performance as Herod, the stepfather who lusts after Salome, clearly excited by her veiled contortions as his bad-hair-day wife shifts between disgust and glee.

Yep, dysfunctional families are nothing new!
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