Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Lawrence of arabia

This movie was directed by David Lean. He did a good job for the time frame that he was in, and the supplies that he had to work with.
This movie was one of the brightest that I have ever seen. I understand that the brightness was because they were in the desert. But that is only to an extent. The light was so bright that it seemed that there was a glare on the screen. This might just have been an effect to make the viewer feel that he was there in the desert with them, but it was still too bright.
The sound was okay, but it could have been more realistic. It felt as if you were a third wheel in a group. I think that this is something the director needs to wrk on if this is how he does most of his movies.
The costumes were good. The arabs had what seemed to be the right type of clothes for their culture and their desert. The english soldiers had on their uniform that looks like it is up to date on the uniforms the army wear today.
The only set I believed that they used was for the army base in England. I highly doubt that they can get a set for a desert, I mean where would they put it. I was confused because I did not know that the deserts had rocks like that. That looks like it might have been put there.
I did not like the effect where the camera spins to follow lawrence when he gets shot. It seemed like it was there for no reason. They sould have edited that out. I don't know what type of reaction the director was trying to get from that.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

The film wasw shot in Jordan in the desert and in Akaba on location. The charge at Akaba was shot in Spain. O'Toole and Sharif actually were in the charge on rented camels. Sharif ended up at the beach upside down under the camel because he had tied himself to it.

The brightness was intentional as it was supposed to make you feel like you are in the desert.

This movie is acknowledged to be one of the top five of all time by professional cinematographers.