[BD-4K] Lawrence d'Arabia

[Bond, James Bond]

When I was in my teens, Lawrence Of Arabia opened in Phoenix, Arizona, and I went with my parents. It was a swanky theatre with 70mm projection and stereophonic sound, and the loge-style seating in the smoking section would rock back and forward as you sat back in your chairs. But Lawrence Of Arabia never gave me the chance to test how the chairs worked, as I sat bolt upright for the entire film. Then came the scene as Lawrence and Sherif Ali and 50 other true believers cross the Nefud desert.

It was a prolonged sequence through every variety of arid landscape, much like the desert that surrounded that hometown Phoenix audience. That desert crossing cast a spell on me. Yet the first thing I noticed was how quiet the audience was and how few cigarettes were being lit as the sun bore down on the riders, most notably Gasim, who had fallen off his camel in the night and was trekking toward the rising furnace of a sun. Lawrence, risking everything, rides back for him as the sun grows in size until it looks like the whole audience is going to be sucked into it.

Then there is a jarring cut to camels and riders drinking from a great oasis and the tension is drastically broken. When the sequence ended, dozens of people in the audience suddenly rose to their feet and left the theatre. I didn’t understand what was happening. We had all watched one of the greatest moments in movie history and people were walking out... including my father.

The film continued to play, and by the time Sherif Ali burns Lawrence’s uniform many began to return... all of them laden with beverages. You could hear the crushed ice swishing inside their containers. Cokes and 7 Ups by the arm-loads! That sequence had dehydrated 800 people, many of whom rushed to the oasis of the concession stand to quench their thirst. I haven’t witnessed anything like it since.

STEVEN SPIELBERG

Originally published in Empire's March 2021 issue

Già preordinato, capolavoro dei capolavori, non vedo l'ora

[Roy Neary]

A mio modesto parere è un titolo da avere assolutamente, sia per il valore del Film, sia per la qualità video di riferimento e per l'ottimo audio in lingua originale. Pur non amando particolarmente le steel devo ammettere che questa la trovo bella.

[Hairless Heart]

Uno dei vertici massimi della Storia del Cinema. Ho la steelbook del BD che è già una meraviglia, chissà cosa dev'essere il 70 mm con un degno riversamento in 4K.

[Roy Neary]

Non arrivo a dire che sia il miglior riversamento in 4K visto finora ma sicuramente ha una qualità video che merita l'upgrade dal già ottimo Blu-Ray. Dubito fortemente che un appassionato si possa pentire di un simile acquisto.

[Slask]

Uno dei vertici massimi della Storia del Cinema. Ho la steelbook del BD che è già una meraviglia, chissà cosa dev'essere il 70 mm con un degno riversamento in 4K.

Sul degno riversamente purtroppo ci sono diversi dubbi....

[bradipolpo]

Pur non amando particolarmente le steel devo ammettere che questa la trovo bella.

Si vede che non le ami

[Roy Neary]

Mi piace perché è sicuramente originale, mi porta a ricordare certi manifesti pubblicitari degli anni 30 e 40; poi Sony, probabilmente, l'ha scelta per non distrarre il compratore, molti la vedono cessa, non si attardano a guardarla ma si affrettano a vedere il Film...

[Bond, James Bond]

Qualità del 4K per me straordinaria

[Bond, James Bond]

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