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Voidsville Follies

Works from Gabriele D'Annunzio (2)

Cabiria

Giovanni Pastrone (director/writer)
Eugenio Bava (cinematographer)
Natale Chiusano (cinematographer)
Segundo de Chomón (cinematographer)
Giovanni Tomatis (cinematographer)
Gabriele D'Annunzio (writer)
Emilio Salgari (author)
Gustave Flaubert (author)
Titus Livius (author)
Umberto Mozzato (lead)
Bartolomeo Pagano (lead)
Lidia Quaranta (lead)
Italia Almirante-Manzini (lead)
Itala (production)

Language: Silent, English titles, French subtitles, released in Apr 1914
Minutes: 124

With awe-inspiring visuals, a compelling story, and the screen debuts of Maciste and Moloch, this gets even better with multiple viewings.

Featured elements:

: action; adventure; armed conflict; chase; death scene; fighting; historical drama; melodrama; religion; rescue; Roman empire; servitude; strongman; suicide; torture

The Fire (Il fuoco (la favilla - la vampa - la cenere))

Giovanni Pastrone (director)
Segundo de Chomón (cinematographer)
Gabriele D'Annunzio (author)
Pina Menichelli (lead)
Febo Mari (lead/writer)
Itala (production)

Language: Silent, Italian titles, English subtitles, released in Apr 1916
Minutes: 50

A privileged poetess plucks a peasant painter from his mundane seclusion, flying him to the height of passion in their brief encounter. A tale of role reversal that breathes new life into a classic “femme fatale theme” (a.k.a., “misogynistic influence” that may be better left dead) by using creative cinematography and careful choreography of the poetess' movements. The result explodes with a visual extravagance within its minimalist domain and, like the painter, the viewer is seduced into an unquenchable thirst for more.

Featured elements:

: abstraction; abuse; agent of discontent; alienation; alter ego; animal act; automobile; baptism of fire; breaking class; diva mode; femme fatale; forsaken; gender-bender; infidelity; manipulator; obsession; psycho; servitude; sexuality; tragic artist; unrequited love

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