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Affairs Of Anatol
(Sunset Blvd.)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| Cecil B. DeMilIe directed this risque all-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-Iike bride, Vivian (Gloria Swanson), are on their honeymoon. At a posh speakeasy he spies his high schooI sweetheart, EmiIie (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 Iron, but here as the Man of Dough). To Vivians dismay, ideaIistic AnatoI decides to rescue the seductive EmiIie, sets her up in an expensive apartment and gets her violin Iessons, 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 self-righteous deacon (Monte BIue). Not onIy does DeMiIle 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 visual flair. 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 digitaIIy mastered from an elaborate originaI print featuring hand coIoring, stencil coIoring, and dozens of changes in color tint and tone, in itself a striking work of art. The Affairs of Anatol is presented at a visuaIly 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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