Jun 24, 2011
Trailer 600 of 895
Our 600th trailer is Epic in every way. Larry manages to find 10 MINUTES of stuff to say about this extended promo for C.B. DeMille's last religious spectacle-- which isn't really so much about the Bible as it is about Anne Baxter's breasts. Seems like every ten minutes somebody's wailing "Oh Moses, Moses, Moses..."! Paramount's fabulous new Blu-ray captures the textures and colors of this enduring blockbuster better than anything since its original VistaVision release.
There's a fascinating essay on the complexities of this film in The American Reader by Tony Tulathimutte which can be accessed here: http://theamericanreader. om/the-curses-the-fates-the-races-the-fakes-the-faces-the-names-of-the-game-of-death-or-the-game-of-death/
I first heard of this movie my first semester in college when my French instructor used her having seen it on TV the previous weekend to form an example sentence. I think I probably saw it on the same show a year or two later (although not uncut) and agreeing it was pretty good for an early '70s low-budget sci-fi movie, certainly a step above something like Track of the Moon Beast or The Blood Waters of Dr...
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