Fascinated by Oscar Wilde’s play, Salomé, Al Pacino takes on the insane task of simultaneously directing a stage version (presented in Los Angeles in 2006), a feature film adaptation (Salomé, released in 2014) and a documentary about the entire process titled Wilde Salomé (completed in 2011). As in Looking for Richard (1996), the actor/director blends fiction, documentary, film and theatre, and the result is a biography of Wilde, a masterful textual analysis and a...
Feature film , Documentary
UNITED STATES | 95 minutes | 2011
Upon hearing the voice of John the Baptist, Princess Salomé has to meet him. The encounter prompts a sudden and violent passion in her that’s clearly unreciprocated. When King Herod promises to fulfil her heart’s desire if she dances for him, she demands the prophet’s head. In his adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde, Pacino has opted for stark simplicity: contemporary costumes, minimal sets, static staging. The result lays bare Wilde’s dazzling dialogue...
Feature film , Fiction
UNITED STATES | 78 minutes | 2013
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