Oscar Wilde`s THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY a photonovel photographed and adapted by HENNING SEBASTIAN JAHRE 2007

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In 1983 I saw the MGM movieversion of Oscar Wilde`s THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 1944 adapted and directed by Albert Lewin and starring Hurd Hatfield, George Sanders, Lowell Gilmore, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury and Peter Lawford. The words and poetry of mr Wilde spoke to the young sensitive lad and it remains my favorite film(with the David Gallaghar film of 2007). I decided to make a photonovel of it - an updated version - and the words and photos are all by me. Some photos are taken by the actors in this novel. Pictures(C)(P)15.07, 01.08 and 12.08 2007. Words(C)(P)2007. English translation(C)(P)May 22 2008. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED HENNING SEBASTIAN JAHRE. Poster(C)(P)ROGER NORDHEIM 2007 - ROGER COLLECTIONS. MonsterPicture by JimmyBOY. Thanks boys:-)

"THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.... "I sent my soul through the white curtain and asked what heaven and hell was.....

...my soul came back and answered; "I myself... am heaven and hell...." THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

Basil Hallwell was an established artist and his work enjoyed great reviews and attention...

....but none had inspired or meant more than the ones he took of young Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray was a young man with a mind that hadn`t been spoiled by dark shadows lurking in the world..

The beauty of Dorian had inspired Basil to make a series of pictures of him in an old studio Dorian no longer has use of...

Every time they had had a session.... Dorian felt that something had been removed from him .... but he couldn`t quite place what...

He felt Basil`s passion for him, but he let it pass...

He felt the man stretched the sessions.... the immense boredom almost killed him... or so he felt..

"Good Dorian..."

"This is fine work Dorian... I think we`ll have the last shoot today...."

"another one..."

"THIS IS IT, Dorian"

"mooooore of your body...."

"For f.... sakes.... be done with it Basil!!!!"

"What do you think of yourself??" Dorian had his reservations... the picture would stay young as he would grow old...

"What if it were the other way around... That it was I to stay young and the picture to grow old... There`s nothing in the world I wouldn`t give to have that... I would give my soul for that..."

As time went by, Dorian felt he was living his life next to himself... He broke off his engagement with Sybil when he felt she broke with his firm beliefs in purity and innocence...

He felt she was a Dramaqueen when she commited suicide when his decision proved final.

... he hadn`t looked at the picture for the longest time... but there was no mistake about it...

...the picture had changed.... the mouth... the eyes.... had a lines of evil about them...

He looked in the mirror... There was no such lines in HIS face.....but as he turned to the picture again, the change was indeed there...

He left the safety of his own world and searched excitement from subcultures... he enjoyed getting attention from his own sex. He betrayed them and left his victims and their lives in ruins...

"Cut it out Dorina.... I`m not THAT cheap..... " "Oh no???..... Dorian thought to himself... "I`m gonna take care of you....."

Through the years, Dorian looked up his old studio.... he studied the picture...In it he read every bit of evil he had committed.... but he didn`t care...

Actually... he enjoyed watching the evil he could see in the picture...

He liked looking at himself.... "My Own Private Diary" as he jokingly called it....

Suddenly there was someone at the door.... It was Basil... he didn`t lose any time; "What is the matter with you? When I think of what people say and the fact that YOU HAVEN`T CHANGED IN TWENTY YEARS....."

"Do I know you?? No.... in order to do that I must look into your soul..."

"SHUT UP!!!! You and that bloody picture has destroyed everything for me..."

"My soul? You wanna see my soul? And why not? You of all people have the right to see my diary"...

"WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO?? If that picture reflect your sins, then you are guilty of much more than I`ve heard..."

"Ok Basil.... there you are... but not for long"

"there... there now Basil.... sleep tight..."

He was certain to be caught...

what to do??

ALAN CAMPBELL. That was the man... and he knew that Alan hardly could reject any suggestions...

"Yes... Alan... one of the misfortunes of mother nature"

"What do you want from me Dorian???" "Hi Alan!"...

"I can`t see why you have the nerve to contact me..."

"Alan...the suffering I have caused you is not my fault. And the one who is responsible is dead by my hand... You gotta help me..."

"You must be mad if you think I`d help you after all the shit you`ve given me - let them have you - you can go to hell Dorian!!"

"I`ll post this letter to your wife and tell her all we`ve been up over the years if you don`t dissect Basil.... Think of it... it will ruin your life with her..." Alan left him in a big temper, but Dorian knew better...

Dorian smiled knowingly

"I`ll do it Dorian...."

"I knew it.... you couldn`t desert a pal Alan..."

"Come with me Alan..."

"This will work out fine Alan... you`re doing the right thing... "

Alan was dead. But better be him than Dorian .... Alan was always an emotional fool.... it gave Dorian some sort of forgiveness...

Time went by... it occurred to Dorian that the old cliche "beauty comes from the inside" was indeed no cliche...

He was no longer welcome anywhere... was an outcast...

He looked at the old picture taken 20 years ago... he was 40 years old by now but found himself trapped in a 20-year-old-body....

The picture was his autobiography.... he found himself speaking to it...

The old face glowed with evil and corruption

he caressed it...

All of a sudden he was overwhelmed by the last straw of humanity

He grabbed the knife and stabbed the picture to death

He enjoyed the pain and started to feel some sort of redemption.....

All of a sudden... he felt a change in his body....

It was as if the decay of the picture turned to h i m.... He calmed down....resigned.... slowly but surely, the picture found its way to what it once was, one day in the autumn of 2007... Dorian vanished and suddenly his body took the shape of the old man....

The dying old man smiled peacefully as the shape of the Young Dorian Gray found its way to the portrait once again.... fade out...