"Tabu" stands somewhere between Flaherty's Nannook, Murnau's
"Sunrise", and, of course Merian C. Cooper's "King-Kong"
(Flahrety cooperated with Cooper on a previous film). It is part of the
legendary explorer/documentor/producer heritance so elaborately illustrated in
King-Kong, and beautifully rendered in Peter Jackson's version. In fact some
scenes from King-Kong seem to originate from Tabu. The story is short and
simple as most stories in the silent tradition: Reri and Mahti are south
pacific lovers, Reri is put under a tribal tabu (by a letter :)) and the
tragedy unfolds. Watch for the dance scenes, their vibrancy is equaled only in
Ekberg's La Dolce Vita scene.
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