莎乐美 / Salomè (1972)

　　There have been many films of the play "Salome", but none of them are anything like Carmelo Bene's version. The film is so bright, colorful and strange; it will make your head spin. The intro of the film contains a cartoon camel jumping through a loop, women getting spanked with feather paddles, a man slicing a watermelon with a machete and a women with beaded jewelry emerging from the water. Unfortunately, the only copy I could find didn't have subtitles. I really didn't need to understand the dialog to enjoy the strange and weird images. It's as if someone filmed Fellini Satyricon on a fixed budget, cut it into pieces, rearranged it and laced it with LSD style editing. That's why it is so darn entertaining. I first learned about Italian director Carmelo Bene from the book "Film as a Subversive Art" by Amos Vogel. This book changed the way I view films. I go out of my way to find surreal films like "Salome". It is strange, experimental and quite an experience. Don't watch this film on drugs, because the film is a drug in itself. A startling head trip of a film.

　　译文(2): 《莎乐美》的电影有很多，但是没有一部像卡梅隆 · 贝尼的版本。这部电影是如此的明亮、多彩和奇特，它会使你头晕目眩。影片的开场包括一只卡通骆驼在水中跳跃，女人被羽毛拍打，一个男人用弯刀切西瓜，还有一个戴着珠宝的女人从水中出现。不幸的是，我找到的唯一一本没有字幕。我真的不需要理解对话来欣赏奇怪和怪异的图像。这就好像有人在一个固定的预算拍摄费里尼萨蒂里克，把它切成碎片，重新安排它，并与 LSD 风格的编辑。这就是为什么它如此有趣。我第一次了解意大利导演卡梅罗贝尼从书“电影作为一种颠覆性的艺术”由阿莫斯沃格尔。这本书改变了我看电影的方式。我不厌其烦地寻找像《莎乐美》这样的超现实主义电影。这是一种奇怪的、实验性的、相当丰富的体验。不要看这部关于毒品的电影，因为这部电影本身就是毒品。一部电影令人吃惊的头脑旅行。