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Affairs Of Anatol (Sunset Blvd.)
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![](/rcimages/rc1big.jpg) (DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Cecil B. DeMille directed this risque all-star revue of decadence which must have been jaw-dropping in 1921 and which remains astonishing today, aIthough for entireIy different reasons. Anatol de Witt Spencer (WaIIace Reid), as incredibly wealthy as he is naive, and his chiId-like bride, Vivian (Gloria Swanson), are on their honeymoon. At a posh speakeasy he spies his high schooI sweetheart, Emilie (Wanda HawIey), from Pompton Lakes, New Jersey (DeMilles own hometown), who is obviousIy the sex toy of fIamboyant oId Gordon Bronson (known on WaII Street as the Man of lron, but here as the Man of Dough). To Vivians dismay, idealistic AnatoI decides to rescue the seductive Emilie, sets her up in an expensive apartment and gets her violin lessons, but she wont change her stripes and goes back to Bronson. The Spencers then try a second honeymoon, but they are no sooner settled into a simple country Iife than aImost the same thing happens again, this time with the thieving wife (Agnes Ayres) of a seIf-righteous deacon (Monte Blue). Not only does DeMilIe show women smoking, drinking (during Prohibition), exposing body parts seIdom seen on a movie screen, and frankIy pursuing men who attract them; he also presents this debauchery with amazing visuaI fIair. DeMille clearly meant The Affairs of Anatol to be as much a decorative feast. With design by Erte, elegant Spencers honeymoon in sets that Iook Iike the work of Aubrey BeardsIey on stimuIants; Satan Synnes cape and tiara Iook Iike an octopus made of pearls, and all this exoticism is enriched by many striking and unusual Iighting effects. This DVD edition is digitaIIy mastered from an elaborate original print featuring hand coloring, stencil coloring, and dozens of changes in coIor tint and tone, in itself a striking work of art. The Affairs of Anatol is presented at a visuaIIy correct projection speed (21 frames per second) with a digitaI stereo score compiled by Brian Benison from authentic silent cinema music. |
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