Two years ago or so Debra Paget's dance from Das Indische Grabmal (The Indian Tomb) was on a bunch of sites owing to her "artificially nude" appearance juxtaposed over Fritz Lang's exotic and tense mise en scene. It looked cool. This clip:
is not dissimilar and it's from the first film of his Indian Epic Trilogy - Der Tiger Von Eschnapur. The set is pretty spectacular as is Paget's gusto towards getting the performance maximized. A great lepers-that-look-like-zombies scene shortly follows in the film.
Showing posts with label Fritz Lang. Show all posts
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Sunday, June 22, 2008
E. O. Hoppé
Fritz Lang, 1928 (Found in the gallery for Visual & Performing Artists) & Adrah Fair (Found in the E. O. Hoppé section of Vernacular Photography)
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'Open air cafe, Bombay, 1929' (Found in the gallery for "The Face of Mother India", 1935)
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E. O. Hoppé - photographer: galleries. (sort of via Vintage Photographs)
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