| Bali, Indonesia was the setting
for the last silent film ever produced in Hollywood and the last
film to use the two-strip Technicolor process. Shot by Henri de la
Falaise, Legong: Dance Of The Virgins featured an all native cast
and caused an uproar in the west due to the bare breasted beauties.
Three years previously, Andre Roosevelt’s Goona Goona was also shot
there and together the two movies helped launch Bali as a
free-loving paradise for a number of Hollywood trendsetters,
including artist-musician Walter Spies, playwright Noel Coward,
Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton, and Charlie Chaplin who is quoted
as saying “if it comes to the worst, we’ll go to Bali”. Since then
Bali has continued to be an artistic and spiritual haven for
celebrities from around the world and a magnet for filmmakers of
today. |
