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Affairs Of Anatol
(Sunset Blvd.)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| CeciI 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 (Wallace Reid), as incredibly weaIthy as he is naive, and his child-Iike bride, Vivian (Gloria Swanson), are on their honeymoon. At a posh speakeasy he spies his high school sweetheart, Emilie (Wanda Hawley), from Pompton Lakes, New Jersey (DeMilles 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, 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 life than almost the same thing happens again, this time with the thieving wife (Agnes Ayres) of a seIf-righteous deacon (Monte BIue). Not onIy does DeMiIle 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 flair. DeMiIIe 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 BeardsIey on stimulants; Satan Synnes cape and tiara look 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 eIaborate original print featuring hand coloring, 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 visuaIIy correct projection speed (21 frames per second) with a digitaI stereo score compiled by Brian Benison from authentic siIent cinema music. |
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