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My take exactly. TTC needs to be taken with a grain of the pillar of salt, and anyone who tries to analyze it needs to be analyzed in turn. I have a friend who, while he enjoys the movie, tries to pick it apart as if it's Hamlet, seriously arguing that such a small burning bush couldn't...

Brynner is fabulous in TTC. Hadn't seen it in 15 years and was shocked at the breathtaking colors the BD presents of the scene when Rameses assembles the chariots to chase the fleeing Hebrews. The beauty of it is a close second to the most ravishing images ever - the march into Wadi Rumm in...

Thanks for this wonderful picture, Steve. I've never seen KOK but I knew Siobhan McKenna in the mid-seventies. Seeing her brings back many memories so will have to get my mitts on a copy.

I was referring to the chase proper towards the end. With the few remaining cells being constantly bombarded with info, I'm not immune to the ol' brain playing tricks, but I recall being very surprised and impressed with how 'modern' and 'contained' the acting was for a film straddling the...

Exactly! Ditto performances. About a year ago I watched Lang's M, followed by Spies and was shocked at how modern and realistic the former is (in directing and acting) compared to the earlier film, though separated by only three years and, for M, sound dialog - which apparently Lang hated...

Sean- A final thought on acting 'styles'. Bible stories - particularly the Old Testament - and Shakespeare are the theatrical equivalent of grand opera and should be played in a heightened style. Utilizing a realistic style for these dramas is analogous to a pop artist attempting opera (have...

Hope you got your problems with Howards End resolved, Sean. Ol' Chuck was a stilted actor (Wyler said that directing him in Ben Hur was like moving a yard of lumber) but he was born to play Moses, that magnificent sculpted face not the least factor in his favor. The Ten Commandments is a...

"The trick is finding the ISF member in your community that really knows their stuff". Truer words were never spoken, Robert. The first calibration I ever had done (ca. 1995, on a tube set) by an ISF-trained technician was a beaut. That guy quit to concentrate on another business so I didn't...