Unlike quite a few movies, this one was just like the book -tempo, plot, characters, everything. More than anything else it easily captures the emotions and turmoil of the early 60's/Cuban missile crisis era. The fact that it's in black and white has limited airplay in recent years, but like Schindler's List it helps make the film that much more powerful. Easily worth seeing.
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The Thief of Bagdad
(1924)
Remember when you saw Star Wars for the very first time???
10 March 1999
The acting is corny. The sets are strange. The special effects are crude as hell. (You can even see the wires.) And you sit there for 138 minutes totally entranced.
Seeing this is like seeing Star Wars for the very first time. Honestly. And seeing Fairbanks do his stuff (he really does hop from pot to pot in one scene) drives home exactly why he was a superstar. Talk about presence; This guy owns the screen!
If you care about movies, then give this one a try. (the HBO restoration with the London Symphony Soundtrack is the best.)
Seeing this is like seeing Star Wars for the very first time. Honestly. And seeing Fairbanks do his stuff (he really does hop from pot to pot in one scene) drives home exactly why he was a superstar. Talk about presence; This guy owns the screen!
If you care about movies, then give this one a try. (the HBO restoration with the London Symphony Soundtrack is the best.)
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