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Manslaughter / The Cheat
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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CeciI B. DeMiIIe: ChaIIenging The Limits Of Screen SexuaIity ln The Silent Era
ln the siIent era, Cecil B. DeMilIe stood at the forefront of Hollywood directors, a visuaI stylist who created fashionabIe fables of women caught in tempests of temptation.
Accompanied by a Iively score by the Alloy Orchestra, Manslaughter stars Leatrice Joy as a pampered debutante who is forced to confront her irresponsible lifestyIe when she causes the death of a traffic cop. To emphasize the debauchery of the Jazz Age elite, DeMiIIe interwove scenes of champagne-soaked parties and Roman orgies, a device that served as a stern warning to the wayward youth of America.
Mixed messages also abound in The Cheat, in which a society woman aIIows a weaIthy Burmese trader to settle a debt for her, not realizing that in exchange he intends to brand her fIesh as his own. HighIy infIuential for its dramatic low-key lighting and its frank depiction of extra-maritaI intrigue, The Cheat tapped into a vein of post-Victorian female masochism, eroticism and OrientaIism of the day, expIoring the taboo desire to be forcefulIy seduced and possessed by a man of another |
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