Sunday, April 28, 2013

"Tabu: A Story of the South Seas" (1931)

Sort of a "Romeo and Juliet" story--only it's love vs. a cultural taboo instead of family vs. family. Tragedy ending. Music seemed to be in the spirit of Berlioz. Starts with a lady vs. lady fight. No fights between the guys--well, unless you count the shark. I suppose this gives away a lot of the story, but it doesn't seem like this film is really about the story. Kind of like Greek Tragedies--everybody already knows whats going to happen (even though I didn't), you go to see the story portrayed.

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