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Who was Lawrence of Arabia?
Lawrence of Arabia is the Icarus myth. A hero starts out at neither the bottom nor top but somewhere around the middle, perhaps a bit lower than that, then ascends. But he gets too close to the sun and falls. … Read more
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Cautionary tale: Kingdom of Heaven
Ridley Scott likes his movies big. In 2005, he made one of them — an old school sword-and-sandals epic called Kingdom of Heaven that despite its action scenes and moments of brutal violence, is overall a surprisingly quiet, thoughtful cautionary … Read more
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Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Directed by Ridley Scott I first saw Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven when it originally came out on DVD. I did not like it at all. It seemed confusing and boring. It was an action movie where it was difficult … Read more
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Directed by David Lean I’ve seen some argue that there isn’t much of a story to Lawrence of Arabia but I can’t agree with that. This movie is the story of a hero’s fall from grace. There is little, if … Read more
Evelyn Prentice (1934)
Directed by William K. Howard It was quite a busy year in 1934 for William Powell and Myrna Loy. A look at their careers shows Powell was in five movies released that year and Loy was in six. Of those … Read more
The Missing (2003)
Directed by Ron Howard With a gathering of talent like director Ron Howard and actors Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones, you would expect the end result to be pretty darn good. And the movie The Missing is pretty darn … Read more
A manly Greta Garbo
Garbo talks! Garbo returns! Garbo rules! And so on. Greta Garbo was a big deal when she was alive and her star ascendant. It’s difficult to really get a sense for someone’s popularity when it is read about historically and … Read more
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