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Call Number: DVD PN1997 .T4625 2011
Legendary silent film director Cecil B. DeMille didn't much alter the way he made movies after sound came in, and this 1956 biblical drama is proof of that. While graced with such 1950s niceties as VistaVision and Technicolor, The Ten Commandments (DeMille had already filmed an earlier version in 1923) has an anachronistic, impassioned style that finds lead actors Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner expressively posing while hundreds of extras writhe either in the presence of God's power or from orgiastic heat. DeMille, as always, plays both sides of the fence as far as sin goes, surrounding He
Call Number: DVD PN1997 .T4625 2011
Legendary silent film director Cecil B. DeMille didn't much alter the way he made movies after sound came in, and this 1956 biblical drama is proof of that. While graced with such 1950s niceties as VistaVision and Technicolor, The Ten Commandments (DeMille had already filmed an earlier version in 1923) has an anachronistic, impassioned style that finds lead actors Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner expressively posing while hundreds of extras writhe either in the presence of God's power or from orgiastic heat. DeMille, as always, plays both sides of the fence as far as sin goes, surrounding Heston's Moses with worshipful music and heavenly special effects while also making the sexy action around the cult of the Golden Calf look like fun. You have to see The Ten Commandments to understand its peculiar resonance as an old-new movie, complete with several still-impressive effects such as the parting of the Red Sea. --Tom Keogh
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Manufacturer: Paramount
Release date: 29 March 2011
EAN: 0097361435145 UPC: 097361435145
Tags: John Derek (1), Plagues (1), Nina Foch (1), Edward G. Robinson (1), Golden Calf (1), Burning Bush (1), Literature - Drama/Theater (1), Anne Baxter (1), Rameses (1), Yvonne De Carlo (1), Judith Anderson (1), 07/13 (1), Debra Paget (1), Cedric Hardwicke (1), John Carradine (1), Yul Brynner (1), Donald Curtis (1), Cecil B. DeMille (1), Eduard Franz (1)
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