The plot is a thin retread of tabu and bird of paradise, a pretext to show a number of longabandoned balinese rituals and pagaents that are now the films chief asset. According to the recent milestone dvd release, legong. Dance of the virgins 1935 featuring a technicoloured love triangle between a topless adolescent market girl and her barely older squeeze plenty of skin on show, and naturally ending in tragedy or balinese love from 1931 or the 1932 virgins of bali land of love and romance. Cuplikan akhir tayangan film jadul kuno tempo doeloe pulau bali yang berjudul.
Legong dance of the virgins 1935 it is rare to find a feature length silent film in age of talkies unless it was made in 1929, when the first talkies were introduced, and. Coe, brian, the history of movie photography london. It has been performed live at screenings for the film at the san francisco silent film festival twice, in 1999 and 20. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing legong, dance of virgins near you. Dance of the virgins 1935 starring poetoe aloes goesti and njong njong njoman on dvd and bluray. Dance of the virgins 1935 poetoe aloes goesti in legong.
Dance of the virgins san francisco silent film festival. This dvd is truly a feast for connoisseurs of old films by westerners about southeast asia. Dance of the virgins 19331935 one of his favorite films in the companys catalog, and its not difficult to see why. Out in the dutch east indies, just south of the equator, lies bali isle of perpetual summer. Family nudism photo and video, young nudists, purenudism video.
A young woman commits suicide by plunging off a high bridge when she learns her lover has fallen for her sister. One of hollywoods last silent movies, legong was shot on location in exotic bali in 1933, released in 1935, and immediately hacked to pieces by censors who objected to its nudity many bare breasts and violence a cockfight. Culture of bali i tribal tradition of ancient society. Dance of the virgins 1935 is not the last hollywood film produced in twostrip technicolor and silent.
This movie is what you would have expected from national geographic if they had shot movies in the thirties and wanted to make fun of native tribes. Dance of the virgins 1935 which, with its dvd companion piece kilou, the tiger 1937, was the last twostrip technicolor film ever released and is considered by some to be the last silent movie released in america. Young women may be the aggressor in love, but disgrace befalls her whose choice rejects her. Legong dance of the virgin tahun 1935 film hitam putih.
It was acted by nice director reannan merieme, rain by deejay zakariya and skied by pumpjack enterprize. Beyond its touching love story and its historical interest both as one of the last features to use the twocolor technicolor process and one of the last silent films that hollywood released. Culture of bali i tribal tradition of ancient society, legong bali indonesia 1935 culture of bali i tribal tradition of ancient society, legong bali indonesia 1935. Legong is mentioned in ive been to bali too, the single by australian folkrock band redgum from their 1984 album frontline. Dance of the virgins 1935 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The alternative gamelan soundtrack is alone worth the price. With musical accompaniment but no dialogue, the film tells the story of a young balinese woman named poutou poetoe aloes goesti who commits suicide by jumping off a cliff after her scheming. Next is legong again, but with a somewhat more authentic score added in 2001. Dance of the virgins is a 1935 film, one of the last feature films shot using the twocolor technicolor process, and one of the last silent films shot in.
It was a real surprise to find this movie to be a silent color movie. In bali, a young woman falls in love with a musician, but he may have eyes for her halfsister. Legong dance of the virgins 1935 dennis doros of milestone films considers legong. Poutou, a nubile maiden who dances at the temple, lives with her jovial father and lovely younger sister, saplak. Beyond its touching love story and its historical interest both as one of the last features to use the twocolor technicolor process and one of the last silent films that hollywood released, it also offers a rare glimpse of. Dance of the virgins was filmed entirely on location in bali in 1935 by. Dance of the virgins was shot on location in the village of ubud in bali, indonesia, between may and august 1933, and featured an allbalinese cast.
The film is a gunaguna epic goonagoona epic a mixture of a filmlecture on travel, a stock footage of exotic traditions and customs and a story about love and betrayal. The film is a tragic tale of love denied poutou, a respected legong dancer, falls in love with young musician, nyoung. October 1st, 1935 not yet rated 1 hr 0 min plot summary. Dance of the virgins 1935 bali india naturism documentary video. Her father is delighted with poutous choice and wants to help her to conquer nyoungs heart. Dance of the virgins is a 1935 film, one of the last feature films shot using the twocolor technicolor process, and one of the last silent films shot in hollywood. Its a rarely screened 1935 silent movie shot entirely in bali with a balinese cast, mixed with a new score by club foot orchestra and gamelan sekar jaya. Although released in 1935 this movie was the final silent film release from a major studio paramount and was one of the last films to feature twostrip technicolor red and green which was replaced the same year by threestrip technicolor red, green, and. Film and music of shimmering yet jarring beauty play together on a south seas beach in legong. Dance of the virgins 1933 1935 one of his favorite films in the companys catalog, and its not difficult to see why. This is a perfectly produced disk beautiful, clean print of legong and two full length film extras thrown in.
This is one of the last silent and one of the last films made on the basis of technolor technology, released on the screens. Dance of the virgins is a beautifully shot silent traveloguedrama from the middle thirties and one of the last movies shot in twocolor technicolor. Dance of the virgins is a 1909 malaysian dance travel film based on dayton anass ebook. Dance of the virgins 1935 naturism retro video bali india. Legong dance of the virgins barry williams 20121015. With poetoe aloes goesti, bagus mara goesti, saplak njoman, njong njong njoman. In this peopled paradise, untouched by civilization, lives a contented race who joyously worship. Madelyn cline, star of new netflix series outer banks, answers our five burning questions about her favorite film genre, her tv crush, and more. The best way to support myduckisdead is to buy a nitroflare premium account from the links you find on the blog. This film, shot in 1933 in ubud in bali when bali had become the place to be. Dance of the virgins jun 22, 2010 one of the last feature films produced in the twostrip technicolor process was this interesting piece filmed entirely in bali with. Dance of the virgins was shot in 1933 but released in 1935, while kliou the killer or kliou the tiger was shot in 1934 but released in 1937.
In balinese villages, pageant, dance, music, storytelling, and religion dominate the culture. Dance of the virgins 1935 is notable for being both the last silent movie filmed in hollywood and the last film shot in twostrip technicolor. The film organized at rwanda filmex attraction on august 5, 1905 in the germany. Next is legong again, but with a somewhat more authentic score added. Dance of the virgins 1935 full movie online free legong. Dance of the virgins and it constitutes a major discovery. Dance of the virgins was shot on location in the village of ubud in bali. Then comes a filmed discussion by richard marriot and i made subandi about how they collaborated.