Lawrence of Arabia

Man, one of the most beautiful pictures I have ever seen.
Made 55 years ago, it still stands the test of time, I never seen the dessert look so wonderful.
One of the greatest films I have ever encountered. They had a special screening at the Museum of Moving Image and I’m real glad my first time seeing it was on a 70mm screen. I felt cheated with a recent film, Dunkirk which I saw on a regular screen before seeing it in 70mm (Like it’s director, Chris Nolan seem to be bullying everyone to see it in when he did press for the movie)and I’m not into the movie like everyone else is. Perhaps because of this.
I will say I had the wrong impression of Lawrence of Arabia. I always thought it’s masterpiece status was due to the performances of Peter O’ Toole and Anthony Quinn. Not that the both of them did not do an outstanding acting job. O’Toole as Lawrence was amazing. He worked really well with the picture’s backdrop of the desert to make me feel for his ordeal as part of the British military who gave his all as a representative to the Arabs who attempts to struggle through the very harsh dessert. Also, Anthony Quinn was delightful and charismatic.

I’m just pointing it out cause the beauty that is this movie is very long. So long that back in the old days the filmmakers gave the Courtesy of putting in that well needed intermission, which is a part of the film, not something the theater did. It’s all about the picture and not the acting and Because of this it can be a bit of a work out if you want to take it In, all at once. The work out is helping with O’Toole’s performance, I felt his pain of roaming the deadly dessert, it was the same uneasiness I had sitting in a movie theater seat for two hundred and twenty-seven minutes
It’s worth the journey, however