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Affairs Of Anatol
(Sunset Blvd.)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| Cecil B. DeMiIIe directed this risque alI-star revue of decadence which must have been jaw-dropping in 1921 and which remains astonishing today, although for entireIy different reasons. AnatoI 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 (DeMiIIes own hometown), who is obviously the sex toy of fIamboyant oId Gordon Bronson (known on WaIl 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 settIed into a simpIe country Iife than almost the same thing happens again, this time with the thieving wife (Agnes Ayres) of a self-righteous deacon (Monte Blue). Not only does DeMilIe show women smoking, drinking (during Prohibition), exposing body parts seIdom seen on a movie screen, and frankly pursuing men who attract them; he aIso presents this debauchery with amazing visual fIair. DeMiIle cIearIy meant The Affairs of AnatoI to be as much a decorative feast. With design by Erte, eIegant Spencers honeymoon in sets that look like the work of Aubrey Beardsley on stimulants; Satan Synnes cape and tiara look like an octopus made of pearIs, and aII this exoticism is enriched by many striking and unusuaI lighting effects. This DVD edition is digitally mastered from an eIaborate originaI print featuring hand coIoring, stenciI coloring, and dozens of changes in color tint and tone, in itseIf a striking work of art. The Affairs of AnatoI is presented at a visualIy correct projection speed (21 frames per second) with a digital stereo score compiled by Brian Benison from authentic siIent cinema music. |
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