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Ron, I just ordered EIGHT copies of this for myself and my church group buddies as Easter gifts...thanks for the link!!!Ronald Epstein said:Guys, thank you so much for the preorder support.
Oh, I can see the crowd above is quite pleased.
Maybe they'll fix this with some creative color timing on the Blu-ray.benbess said:I happen to be an art historian, and so will add a small note about this movie. First, the film, overall, is good at portraying the character of the "warrior Pope" Julius II, well played by Rex Harrison. Heston's Michelangelo is also good. One inevitable flaw, however, is that the movie was made 20 years before the Sistine Chapel's ceiling was cleaned. Before the 1980s, many thought that the famous fresco on the ceiling had muted colors, perhaps in part because Michelangelo was a primarily a sculptor. But then it was figured out that centuries of grime and candle smoke were obscuring the beauty and brilliant colors of the original work. When, in the 1980s, the ceiling was finally cleaned, brilliant "Technicolor-like" colors were revealed, showing what the work looked like when new. But in the 1960s, as I've said, that was all in the future, and so in the movie when the newly finished painting is shown it is seen in its rather obscured state. It's amazing they got permission to film in the Sistine Chapel, and as I said the movie is still well worth watching. I just suggest looking at wikipedia or some other source to see how the painting looks today:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/Sistine_Chapel_ceiling_left.png
If nothing else the film shows to a wide audience the technique of fresco and how it takes a team to put up fresh plaster and mix all those paints. IIUC Carol Reed took great pains to use correct costumes and weapons in all the fight scenes.benbess said:... the film, overall, is good at portraying the character of the "warrior Pope" Julius II, well played by Rex Harrison. Heston's Michelangelo is also good.