… In 1906, Nordisk, one of the world's first major film companies, was founded by Ole Olsen, and by the 1910s it had already entered its first golden age. High society melodramas about adultery and crime, directed by August Blom and Urban Gad, brought to the screen "two indispensable elements: the vamp and the kiss," and were a huge success around the world. (According to Georges Sador's History of Cinema, "the long, sensual contact of lips, with the woman in ecstasy throwing her head back, caused such a stir that it became a worldwide scandal.) At the same time, Italy created the screen "diva" and became the model for Hollywood's "star system." Just as Denmark transformed the "femme fatale" born from Romantic literature into a "quintessential cinematic character, naming her the vamp" (Georges Sadoul, "History of Cinema"), Denmark became the model for Hollywood, which would conquer the world by selling sex as a commodity under the name of "dream." *Some of the terminology referenced in "Guards, U." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
… 1906年に世界で最初のメジャー(大手)の映画会社の一つ,ノルディスク社がオーレ・オルセンによって創立され,10年代には早くも最初の黄金時代を迎える。アウグスト・ブロムAugust Blom,ウアバン・ガーズUrban Gadといった監督による姦通と犯罪の社交界メロドラマが〈妖婦(バンプ)と接吻という二つの欠くべからざる要素〉を映画にもたらし,世界中で大成功を収めた(ジョルジュ・サドール《世界映画史》によれば〈唇と唇が長々と官能的に触れ合い,恍惚となった女性は顔を後ろにのけぞらせた〉ので世界中でスキャンダルになるというほどの反響だったという)。同じころイタリアがスクリーンの〈ディーバ(女神)〉を生み出してハリウッドの〈スター・システム〉の模範となったように,デンマークはロマン主義文学から生まれた〈ファム・ファタール(運命の女)〉を〈典型的な映画的人物に作りあげてバンプと名付け〉(ジョルジュ・サドゥール《世界映画史》),セックスを夢という名の商品にして売り出して世界を制覇するハリウッドのお手本となるのである。… ※「ガーズ,U.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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