Salome's Last Dance
1988
A Ken Russell film of Oscar Wilde's erotic story which combines all the decadence and sensuality of Wilde's own life. Set in a Victorian London brothel. Read more
| Starring | Glenda Jackson, Stratford Johns, Nickolas Grace, Douglas Hodge |
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| Director | Ken Russell |
| Genres | Drama |
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Salome's Last Dance
A Ken Russell film of Oscar Wilde's erotic story which combines all the decadence and sensuality of Wilde's own life. Set in a Victorian London brothel.
| Starring | Glenda Jackson, Stratford Johns, Nickolas Grace, Douglas Hodge |
|---|---|
| Director | Ken Russell |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 1988 |
| Format | DVD |
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Ken Russell's career continued to slide downwards with this execrable re-working of Oscar Wilde's banned play, as an end of the pier show acted by some of his pals. The whole grossly over-the-top farrago shrieks ill-disciplined excess and truly abominable acting, particularly from Russell himself, who bounces around the small enclosed set as a leering, ruddy-faced photographer. Glenda Jackson, who turns in a bizarre Herodias, must be greatly regretting her involvement in this one. Worth watching only for Stratford Johns's ability to invest a tiresome Herod with a wry, mischievous air.
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Russell's worst film to date. Stagily constrained to a single set, it has Oscar Wilde (Grace) taking time off from... read more on Time Out
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Salome's Last Dance
A Ken Russell film of Oscar Wilde's erotic story which combines all the decadence and sensuality of Wilde's own life. Set in a Victorian London brothel....
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