The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

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To be honest, I wonder how I actually ended up watching this flick but, I guess, it was because there was a pretty cool cast involved. Apparently, after the success of ‘El Cid’, they decided to make another movie directed by Anthony Mann and starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren but, apparently, Heston didn’t get along at all with Loren on that film and he refused to work with her again.... read more

Epics are hard. It’s very easy to give in to the bloated pageantry of much of the genre, but terribly hard to ascend beyond it. Too many stars want their screen-time, too much story even for a four hour running time, too much pomp and circumstance with little actual meat to sustain yourself, I’m thinking of something like The Ten Commandments. Or the well-intentioned but complete misfire that ... read more

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