Posts Tagged: Nazimova
Secret Satan, 2021 part 1
From Romanian avant-garde Elvis to all the Swedish anarchist Sufi Post-Impressionsists you can imagine
Secret Satan, 2021 part 1
From Romanian avant-garde Elvis to all the Swedish anarchist Sufi Post-Impressionsists you can imagine
Places: 1466 N Kings Road
If you’re quick (and rich, and ready to resettle) you can pick up one of the most illustrious settings in the history of experimental film, the location of Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid’s 1943 film Meshes of the Afternoon.
Places: 1466 N Kings Road
If you’re quick (and rich, and ready to resettle) you can pick up one of the most illustrious settings in the history of experimental film, the location of Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid’s 1943 film Meshes of the Afternoon.
Camp? Anti-camp?
Nazimova saw the film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé as the summit of her dramatic work; author Philip Core calls it “a camp con-job on a grand scale.” Would confronting a full-sized Salomé explain this gap between intention and perception?
Camp? Anti-camp?
Nazimova saw the film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé as the summit of her dramatic work; author Philip Core calls it “a camp con-job on a grand scale.” Would confronting a full-sized Salomé explain this gap between intention and perception?
Nazimova’s secret garden
Nazimova enlisted designer Natacha Rambova, wife of Rudolph Valentino. Sets and costumes borrowed liberally from Beardsley’s illustrations, with a riot of dwarves, drag queens, half-naked slaves and camp courtiers in extravagant headpieces.
Nazimova’s secret garden
Nazimova enlisted designer Natacha Rambova, wife of Rudolph Valentino. Sets and costumes borrowed liberally from Beardsley’s illustrations, with a riot of dwarves, drag queens, half-naked slaves and camp courtiers in extravagant headpieces.
Strange Flowers 