Lot in Sodom
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Directed by | James Sibley Watson |
Starring | Hildegarde Watson |
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Running time | 28 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Lot in Sodom is a 1933 short silent experimental film, based on the Biblical tale of the city of Sodom and Gomorrah. It was directed by James Sibley Watson and .
The movie uses experimental techniques, avant-garde imagery and strong allusions to sexuality, especially homosexuality.
Louis Siegel was the sound composer, according to the film's opening credits.
Storyline[]
The story is much closer to the tale than other films like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Sodom is a place of sin. An angel appears there and he is welcomed by Lot. The people of Sodom want to have sex with him. Lot refuses; then the angel tells him to escape the city with his wife and daughter. Sodom is then destroyed by flames; Lot's wife is turned to a pillar of salt for having looked back.
All intertitles are quotes from the Bible.
Cast[]
- as Lot
- Hildegarde Watson as Lot's wife
- as Lot's daughter
- as the angel
See also[]
- Sodom und Gomorrha (1922) – an Austrian film directed by Michael Curtiz
- Sodom and Gomorrah (1963) – a film directed by Robert Aldrich which depicts the destruction of the two cities for their decadence and human cruelty.
- Nitrate Kisses (1992) – an experimental film by Barbara Hammer that uses footage from Lot in Sodom.
- A World Lit Only by Fire (2014) – an album by Godflesh featuring cover art taken from Lot in Sodom.
External links[]
- 1933 films
- American films
- American LGBT-related films
- American silent short films
- American avant-garde and experimental films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on the Book of Genesis
- Films directed by James Sibley Watson
- 1930s LGBT-related films
- Sodom and Gomorrah
- Short silent film stubs
- Experimental film stubs