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Legong dance of the virgins

Title: Legong [videorecording] : dance of the virgins / Image Entertainment ; a Milestone Films release ; directed by Marquis Henry de la Falaise de la Coudray ; produced by Constance Bennett.
Publication: Chatsworth, Calif. : Image Entertainment, c2004.

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Description

1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Romantic drama filmed on location in Bali. Photographed in 1933 and released in 1935, this film and Henry de la Falaise's Kliou, the killer (also on this DVD) were the last two feature films produced in two-color, red and green Technicolor. In addition to scenes of Balinese daily life, this film depicts a temple festival featuring the calonarang, or cosmic struggle between the evil witch Rangda and the mythical Barong, a protective being. The djanger and legong dances also appear, as do scenes from a cremation ceremony.

Alternative Title

Kliou
Gods of Bali

Subjects

Genre/Form

Drama.
Dance.
Documentaries and factual films and programs.
Motion pictures.
Video.

Note

Legong: dance of the virgins is presented in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio.

Credits (note)

Photography, William H. Greene ; editing, Edward Schroeder ; music supervised by Abe Meyer ; orchestra directed by S.K. Wineland ; [story] by Henry de la Falaise and Gaston Glass. Restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Performer (note)

Goesti Poetoe Aloes (Poutou); Goesti Bagus Mara (her father [Gousti Bagus in titles]); Njoman Saplak (her half-sister); Njoman Njong Njong (the boy [Nyong in titles]).

System Details (note)

DVD. Dual layer format.

Contents

[Feature presentation:] Legong: dance of the virgins (c1935; ca. 56 min.).
Alternate soundtrack performed by Gamelan Sekar Jaya and the Club Foot Orchestra. Music composed and directed by Richard Marriott and I Made Subandi.
Interview with Richard Marriott and I Made Subandi (ca. 15 min.) / interviewer, Rachel Cooper. Discussion of the collaborative process in creating the score; tailoring the score to the non-dance action of the film; the challenge of intermixing western and Balinese instruments. Includes an excerpt from a recording session and the song "Semaradana," performed by Subandi.
Kliou (the killer) (c1935; ca. 50 min., b&w) / directed by Henry de la Falaise; photography, William Howard Greene; editing, Ralph Dietrich; titles, Paul Perez and Ray Doyle; music, Heinz Roemheld; orchestra directed by S.K. Wineland; music supervised by Abe Meyer. Cast: prologue: Lieut. Allouard Carny, Henry de la Falaise; the story: Dhi (the girl), Bhat (the boy), Nyan (the brother), Kham (the father). Drama about a man-eating tiger, set among the Moi tribesmen of Annam (present-day Vietnam).
Gods of Bali (1952; ca. 56 min., b&w) / prepared under the supervision of Robert Snyder, assisted by Allegra Snyder; director of photography, Nikola Drakulić; editing, Ken Cofod; written by Sidney Carroll; original music arranged by Jaap Kunst; [narrated] by John Rodney. Documentary on Balinese religious beliefs and practices, with emphasis on the important role of dance and music in rituals, and the participation of children, beginning at an early age. This film includes a dance lesson in the temple, accompanied by the gamelan; the legong; a shadow puppet play; a pilgrimage to a holy spring; a boy's coming of age and the dancing of the djanger; the calonarang; the sanghyang, performed by children who are possessed by gods or demons; the kecak, performed by the entire village to drive away evil spirits; and the festival of the dead.
Still photograph gallery.
DVD ROM extras: press kits for Legong: dance of the virgins, written by Milestone Film & Video -- Liner notes for Legong: dance of the virgins, written by ethnomusicologist Katherine Hagedorn and film studies expert Peter Bloom.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-85

OCLC

57761393
NYPY05-F25

Title

Legong [videorecording] : dance of the virgins / Image Entertainment ; a Milestone Films release ; directed by Marquis Henry de la Falaise de la Coudray ; produced by Constance Bennett.

Imprint

Chatsworth, Calif. : Image Entertainment, c2004.

System Details

DVD. Dual layer format.

Credits

Photography, William H. Greene ; editing, Edward Schroeder ; music supervised by Abe Meyer ; orchestra directed by S.K. Wineland ; [story] by Henry de la Falaise and Gaston Glass. Restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Cast

Goesti Poetoe Aloes (Poutou); Goesti Bagus Mara (her father [Gousti Bagus in titles]); Njoman Saplak (her half-sister); Njoman Njong Njong (the boy [Nyong in titles]).

Added Author

La Falaise, Henry de. Director. Screenwriter. Actor

Bennett, Constance, 1904-1965. Producer

Greene, W. Howard (William Howard) Cinematographer

Wineland, Sam K. Conductor

Glass, Gaston. Screenwriter

Marriott, Richard. Composer. Interviewee

Subandi, I Made. Composer. Interviewee

Roemheld, Heinz, 1901-1985. Composer

Snyder, Robert, 1916- Director

Snyder, Allegra Fuller.

Drakulić, Nikola. Cinematographer

Carroll, Sidney. Screenwriter

Kunst, Jaap, 1891-1960. Arranger

Sekar Jaya (Musical group)

Club Foot Orchestra.

Milestone Film & Video.

Image Entertainment (Firm)

UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-85

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