Largely unnoticed upon its release but later described by critic Gary Indiana as “one of the most beautiful adaptations of [Wilde’s] text text to film ever made,” Schroeter’s Salomé was made in Lebanon with a close cadre of friend-collaborators with funding from the German television network ZDF. It closely restages the biblical story of Salome, her infatuation with John the Baptist and her request for his head as a prize for her dance for King Herod on the steps of Baalbeck, performed in a single, continuous perspective, giving it a painterly, theatrical quality. 

This screening will be preceded by an introduction from Siavash Minoukadeh.