Lawrence of Arabia (1962): Epic rumination on a flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during wartime service. (8.5)
Director: David Lean
Writers: T.E. Lawrence (writings), Robert Bolt (screenplay)
Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness and Anthony Quinn
An epic movie. They don't, or rather can't, make movies like this any more. This is considered one of the defining movies and lots of info about it is widely available (ie: Wikipedia page). As with other movies of the era, hardly any dialog is presented in native languages even though it depicts a story in a place where English is not widely spoken. The cinematography is superb. I couldn't help but remember some of the scenes from the Star Wars saga at times, but we know what came first. Looks like T.E. Lawrence loved the desert so much that he may have forgotten that there might have been women in Arabia. My Rating: 8.0
