Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The movie is glorious and grows better with time and maturity Criterion has just released a new Blu Ray edition that is said to be magnificent?sit close to your largest HD screen i have not gotten it yet ric > On Oct 26, 2017, at 8:02 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > I watched this film for the first time in years last night. I saw it way > back in the 70s in my twenties when it was released in the cinema, and > thought it was sumptuous at the time, but Ryan O'Neal jarred in the lead > role as his accent seemed an anachronism to my Irish ears. > > I watched this time as someone who does, and loves, photography, and it > was even better than I remembered. The film is simply glorious, and the > gradual americanisation of the world has flattened accent differences, so > that Mr O'Neal efforts seemed commendable, and were not as much a > distraction as before. The acting is very strong, and Kubrick's framing > and pacing are marvellous. Needless to say, the wonderful interior scenes > lit by candlelight, and filmed with Kubrick's special NASA Zeiss lens are > magical. The next time they're showing the 70mm print version of this near > me, I'll have to see it again. > > Douglas > PS for Tatiphiles and 70mm fans, I also watched Playtime the previous > night. I'll have to buy a bigger tv as 48 inches is not big enough. My son > went in to see the new digital print of the 70mm original of Lawrence of > Arabia in the Irish Film Institute this evening and was blown away by it. > I'll have to try and see it myself > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information