EnricoE
Supporting Actor
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Those are 2 different versions, one scope and one flat, shot at the same time but with different cameras. There's no cropping.EnricoE said:
They were not shot at the same time. Two different takes.GerardoHP said:Those are 2 different versions, one scope and one flat, shot at the same time but with different cameras. There's no cropping.
If you want to get picky, some shots were done at the same time and some were not. Check the Roman baths sequence with the PiP on.RolandL said:They were not shot at the same time. Two different takes.
Not a surprise and the same for anybody thinking "The Robe" isn't corny.Originally Posted by Edwin-S /img/forum/go_quote.gif
You actually think the "The Ten Commandments" is the epitomy of corny? I couldn't disagree more.
Said DeMille famously: "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public..."Originally Posted by Rob_Ray
"The Ten Commandments" is corny, but delightfully so and I wouldn't have it any other way. And I don't find the dialogue clunky at all. Ripe? Yes. Melodramatic in the extreme? Absolutely! But it's such an melodramatic story , with its plagues, the exodus, the parting of the Red Sea and God handing down His commandments. Any presentation done in a more realistic style would have been as dull as "The Greatest Story Ever Told." DeMille knew exactly what he was doing.
I think it's telling that "The Greatest Story Ever Told" seldom turns up anywhere and "The Ten Commandments" is one of the very, very few pictures from the classic era that still gets an annual screening on network television.
I can't say its among the greatest movies ever made, but I can think of few movies that are more fun to watch. And if it brings the Bible to life for youngsters and promotes family viewing, then it's done its job.
I don't know if you are interested, but Twilight Time is releasing Demetrius and the Gladiators, the sequel to The Robe, on Blu-ray in mid March.Robin9 said:I watched The Robe BRD this week. Far better than I had expected. Obviously it's a shame it isn't all as good as the best parts but nowhere is it unwatchable. And after the original DVD . . . . It was like seeing a different movie.
Simon, thank you. I am aware of this, I am interested and I will probably buy it.ShowsOn said:I don't know if you are interested, but Twilight Time is releasing Demetrius and the Gladiators, the sequel to The Robe, on Blu-ray in mid March.
Apparently the film under went a major restoration a few years ago, but Fox never bothered reissuing the restored version on DVD.
I actually think Demetrius and the Gladiators is a better film than The Robe.