There ought to be a law against watching this film on television (I saw the 1989 70mm reissue).

And so Lawrence heads for the desert, itself a major player in Lawrence of Arabia, introduced with one of the most famous images in all cinema: a very long-held shot, the lower part of the frame initially completely black, the upper shading from orange to yellow. It takes one a moment to realise it’s a sunrise, and then it dissolves to the dunes, and one can just pick out a tiny pair of men on camels. One of Lean’s most effective techniques in Lawrence (which he’d already explored in his 1952 aviation…
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) • 60 Years Later
262
11
Barnaby Page
Simon Dillon
·Follow
Dec 12, 2022
--
There ought to be a law against watching this film on television (I saw the 1989 70mm reissue).
--
--
Written by Simon Dillon
49.95K Followers
·101 Following
Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
No responses yet
Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams