I’ve seen this movie so many times and I hardly expected to learn anything (too) new. Not
I’ve seen this movie so many times and I hardly expected to learn anything (too) new. Not even the Noel Coward jibe “Florence of Arabia” was new (there was a guy presuming to introduce me to the film). However, I did feel like I was watching the film, if not afresh, refreshed. The big screen helped with that. It was nice to have other people watching it with me who, by mere fact, are as patient with the pace as I’ve grown to be. In fact, there are no longer any moments of longeur for me. The movie almost zipped along (if possible). I did pick up on the march by Kenneth Alford (“Voice of the Guns”) showing up on the radio in the last scene of the generals before Damascus. The music provides a fairly clear wide demarcation of the two parts - the sweeping Lawrence theme fades out use in Part 2 quite soon and the Alford march drives us through the rest of the increasingly bureaucratic machinations (with increasingly farcical dialogue). The 2012 Restoration team did an absolutely grand job - the film holds up with clearer resolution since the production was almost entirely real stuff being shot. However, there were four times I noticed jump-glitches in the film. Once during Lawrence’s exit from the map room, twice during Faisel’s interview with Bentley, and one other time with Allenby. Very annoying, and I hope it’s not an introduced bug from the 2012 Restoration. Would have noticed it before now, surely… #lawrenceofarabia @turnerclassicmovies (at Amc Dine-In Thoroughbred 20, Frazier Drive, Franklin, Tn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Ad6AtH9zt/?igshid=qthfu6tabfad -- source link
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