Legong : dance of the virgins : a story of the South Seas / Bennett Pictures Corp. ; Paramount International Corporation ; told by Henry de la Falaise and Gaston Glass ; a Henry de la Falaise production.
Publisher:
Milestone Film & Video,
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
1 videodisc (56 min.) : silent, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Silent motion picture with intertitles and orchestral soundtrack. Goesti Poetoe Aloes, Njoman Jnong, Goesti Bagus Mara, Njoman Saplak. "UCLA Film and Television Archive." Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1935. Special features: optional stereo soundtrack with new score by Richard Marriott and I Made Subandi, performed by members of Gamelan Sekar Jaya and the Club Foot Orchestra; feature film Gods of Bali (1952, 56 min.) produced by Robert Snyder; Henry de Falaise's film Kliou, the killer, shot in Vietnam (1937, b&w version, 50 min.); DVD-ROM article on Legong by ethnomusicologist Katherine Hagedorn and film historian Peter Bloom; video interview with new score composers; DVD-ROM press kit for Legong by Milestone Film & Video.
Summary:
"Legong: Dance of the Virgins, filmed entirely on location in Bali in 1935, is a tragic tale of love denied. Poutou, a young girl who is a respected Legong dancer in her community falls in love with the young musician Nyoung. Her father is delighted with Poutou's choice and wants to help her to conquer Nyoung's heart. But Poutou's half sister Saplak wants Nyoung also and when he chooses Saplak, Poutou drowns herself. Legong's real theme though is much more than melodrama: It is the delineation of Balinese culture. Henry de la Falaise captured religious rituals including frenetic dances and mystical parades, everyday dealings at the local marketplace, a cockfight (which was cut out of the British version) and, in the final scene, a mass cremation"--Milestone website.
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