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* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: Murnau TakesAThirdOption. The islanders aren't NobleSavage, they are exploitative of its own people, and force citizens into conformity. The french islanders are ruthless capitalists and racists.
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''Tabu'' (1931) is the last film directed by [[Creator/FriedrichWilhelmMurnau F.W. Murnau]]. It is a tragic love story set in the south Pacific. Reri and Matahi are young lovers enjoying life on the island of Bora Bora. Their happiness is interrupted when a messenger named Hitu, dispatched by the "lord of all the islands", arrives. Hitu brings a message from the king that the sacred virgin woman of the island of Fanuma has died, and that Reri has been selected to take her place, Reri being a virgin of noble blood. This is not good news: "man must not touch her or cast upon her the eye of desire", on pain of death.
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Reri and Matahi are young lovers enjoying life on the island of Bora Bora. Their happiness is interrupted when a messenger named Hitu, dispatched by the "lord of all the islands", arrives. Hitu brings a message from the king that the sacred virgin woman of the island of Fanuma has died, and that Reri has been selected to take her place, Reri being a virgin of noble blood. This is not good news: "man must not touch her or cast upon her the eye of desire", on pain of death.
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''Tabu'' (1931)è is the last film directed by [[Creator/FriedrichWilhelmMurnau F.W. Murnau]]. It is a tragic love story set in the south Pacific. Reri and Matahi are young lovers enjoying life on the island of Bora Bora. Their happiness is interrupted when a messenger named Hitu, dispatched by the "lord of all the islands", arrives. Hitu brings a message from the king that the sacred virgin woman of the island of Fanuma has died, and that Reri has been selected to take her place, Reri being a virgin of noble blood. This is not good news: "man must not touch her or cast upon her the eye of desire", on pain of death.
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''Tabu'' (1931)è (1931) is the last film directed by [[Creator/FriedrichWilhelmMurnau F.W. Murnau]]. It is a tragic love story set in the south Pacific. Reri and Matahi are young lovers enjoying life on the island of Bora Bora. Their happiness is interrupted when a messenger named Hitu, dispatched by the "lord of all the islands", arrives. Hitu brings a message from the king that the sacred virgin woman of the island of Fanuma has died, and that Reri has been selected to take her place, Reri being a virgin of noble blood. This is not good news: "man must not touch her or cast upon her the eye of desire", on pain of death.
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''Tabu'' (1931) (1931)è is the last film directed by [[Creator/FriedrichWilhelmMurnau F.W. Murnau]]. It is a tragic love story set in the south Pacific. Reri and Matahi are young lovers enjoying life on the island of Bora Bora. Their happiness is interrupted when a messenger named Hitu, dispatched by the "lord of all the islands", arrives. Hitu brings a message from the king that the sacred virgin woman of the island of Fanuma has died, and that Reri has been selected to take her place, Reri being a virgin of noble blood. This is not good news: "man must not touch her or cast upon her the eye of desire", on pain of death.
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''Tabu'' was a silent film. The rest of the American motion picture industry had abandoned silent films completely by 1929, but Murnau, who had nothing but contempt for talkies, set sail for Tahiti, and paid for the film himself. He used Tahitian natives for both his cast and his crew, except for cinematographer Floyd Crosby, who won an AcademyAward for his work.
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''Tabu'' was a silent film. The rest of the American motion picture industry had abandoned silent films completely by 1929, but Murnau, who had nothing but contempt for talkies, set sail for Tahiti, and paid for the film himself. He used Tahitian natives for both his cast and his crew, except for cinematographer Floyd Crosby, who won an AcademyAward UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for his work.
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* CapitalismIsBad: Matahi is ruthlessly exploited by the French islanders, forced to work long hours for little pay.
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* NobleSavage: Deliberately averted by Murnau. The Tahiti islanders have a society with a rigid caste system, poor role for women and rigid conformity. It's no more or less noble than the "civilization" of the French colony.
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* DownerEnding: After Hitu tracks them down and says he will kill Matahi in three days if she doesn't come back, she gives up, and agrees to return. Matahi, finding her DearJohnLetter, dives into the water and tries to overtake Hitu's boat by swimming. He tires in the water and drowns.
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* DownerEnding: After Hitu tracks them down and says he will kill Matahi in three days if she doesn't come back, she Reri gives up, and agrees to return. Matahi, finding her DearJohnLetter, dives into the water and tries to overtake Hitu's boat by swimming. He tires in the water and drowns.
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* LockedAwayInANunnery: Well, there isn't a nunnery. But effectively this Reri's fate, to be taken away and doomed to be the eternal virgin for life, a symbol of purity and virtue, never able to fall in love, get married, or have children.
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* LockedAwayInANunnery: Well, there isn't a nunnery.LockedAwayInAMonastery: Sort of. But effectively this Reri's fate, to be taken away and doomed to be the eternal virgin for life, a symbol of purity and virtue, never able to fall in love, get married, or have children.
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''Film/{{Tabu}}'' (1931) is the last film directed by Creator/FWMurnau. It is a tragic love story set in the south Pacific. Reri and Matahi are young lovers enjoying life on the island of Bora Bora. Their happiness is interrupted when a messenger named Hitu, dispatched by the "lord of all the islands", arrives. Hitu brings a message from the king that the sacred virgin woman of the island of Fanuma has died, and that Reri has been selected to take her place, Reri being a virgin of noble blood. This is not good news: "man must not touch her or cast upon her the eye of desire", on pain of death.
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''Film/{{Tabu}}'' (1931) is the last film directed by Creator/FWMurnau.[[Creator/FriedrichWilhelmMurnau F.W. Murnau]]. It is a tragic love story set in the south Pacific. Reri and Matahi are young lovers enjoying life on the island of Bora Bora. Their happiness is interrupted when a messenger named Hitu, dispatched by the "lord of all the islands", arrives. Hitu brings a message from the king that the sacred virgin woman of the island of Fanuma has died, and that Reri has been selected to take her place, Reri being a virgin of noble blood. This is not good news: "man must not touch her or cast upon her the eye of desire", on pain of death.
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''Film/{{Tabu}}'' (1931) is the last film directed by Creator/FWMurnau. It is a tragic love story set in the south Pacific. Reri and Matahi are young lovers enjoying life on the island of Bora Bora. Their happiness is interrupted when a messenger named Hitu, dispatched by the "lord of all the islands", arrives. Hitu brings a message from the king that the sacred virgin woman of the island of Fanuma has died, and that Reri has been selected to take her place, Reri being a virgin of noble blood. This is not good news: "man must not touch her or cast upon her the eye of desire", on pain of death.
Matahi, distraught at the prospect of losing Reri forever, kidnaps her from Hitu's boat. They make their way to an island run by the French, and Matahi gets a job as a pearl diver. He's good at it, but he doesn't know how to handle money. And worse, Hitu is after them.
''Tabu'' was a silent film. The rest of the American motion picture industry had abandoned silent films completely by 1929, but Murnau, who had nothing but contempt for talkies, set sail for Tahiti, and paid for the film himself. He used Tahitian natives for both his cast and his crew, except for cinematographer Floyd Crosby, who won an AcademyAward for his work.
Murnau was killed in a car accident in California in March of 1931, one week before ''Tabu'' premiered.
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* CatFight: Reri and another girl get into a hair-pulling fight by the river. Their sarongs get very wet and clingy.
* TheChosenOne: The message from the king names Reri as this. It's a bad deal.
* DancesAndBalls: The island has a ceremonial farewell dance party for Reri.
* DownerEnding: After Hitu tracks them down and says he will kill Matahi in three days if she doesn't come back, she gives up, and agrees to return. Matahi, finding her DearJohnLetter, dives into the water and tries to overtake Hitu's boat by swimming. He tires in the water and drowns.
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Matahi has no conception of money or debt. After finding a pearl on the French island, he hosts a huge party for all his friends, and winds up very very deeply in debt.
* LockedAwayInANunnery: Well, there isn't a nunnery. But effectively this Reri's fate, to be taken away and doomed to be the eternal virgin for life, a symbol of purity and virtue, never able to fall in love, get married, or have children.
* NationalGeographicNudity: Most of the time the girls wear sarongs, but when the island has a ceremonial feast prior to Reri's departure, the women dancers wear only grass skirts.
* OneWordTitle
* SexySoakedShirt: See Cat Fight above.
* StarCrossedLovers: Reri and Matahi can't catch a break.
* TitleDrop: Reri is proclaimed "tabu" by the king. She is to remain chaste, and no man may touch her. (Yep, this is where we got the word "taboo".)
Matahi, distraught at the prospect of losing Reri forever, kidnaps her from Hitu's boat. They make their way to an island run by the French, and Matahi gets a job as a pearl diver. He's good at it, but he doesn't know how to handle money. And worse, Hitu is after them.
''Tabu'' was a silent film. The rest of the American motion picture industry had abandoned silent films completely by 1929, but Murnau, who had nothing but contempt for talkies, set sail for Tahiti, and paid for the film himself. He used Tahitian natives for both his cast and his crew, except for cinematographer Floyd Crosby, who won an AcademyAward for his work.
Murnau was killed in a car accident in California in March of 1931, one week before ''Tabu'' premiered.
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* CatFight: Reri and another girl get into a hair-pulling fight by the river. Their sarongs get very wet and clingy.
* TheChosenOne: The message from the king names Reri as this. It's a bad deal.
* DancesAndBalls: The island has a ceremonial farewell dance party for Reri.
* DownerEnding: After Hitu tracks them down and says he will kill Matahi in three days if she doesn't come back, she gives up, and agrees to return. Matahi, finding her DearJohnLetter, dives into the water and tries to overtake Hitu's boat by swimming. He tires in the water and drowns.
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Matahi has no conception of money or debt. After finding a pearl on the French island, he hosts a huge party for all his friends, and winds up very very deeply in debt.
* LockedAwayInANunnery: Well, there isn't a nunnery. But effectively this Reri's fate, to be taken away and doomed to be the eternal virgin for life, a symbol of purity and virtue, never able to fall in love, get married, or have children.
* NationalGeographicNudity: Most of the time the girls wear sarongs, but when the island has a ceremonial feast prior to Reri's departure, the women dancers wear only grass skirts.
* OneWordTitle
* SexySoakedShirt: See Cat Fight above.
* StarCrossedLovers: Reri and Matahi can't catch a break.
* TitleDrop: Reri is proclaimed "tabu" by the king. She is to remain chaste, and no man may touch her. (Yep, this is where we got the word "taboo".)
