De Mille presents it in this three-hour-and-thirty-nine-minute film, which is by far the largest and most expensive that he has ever made, it is a moving story of the spirit of freedom rising in a man, under the divine inspiration of his Maker. De Mille's latest rendering of Biblical literature in the spectacular framing and colloquial idiom of the screen tells an arresting story of Moses, the ancient Israelite who was a slave with his people in Egypt and who struggled to set them free.As Mr. De Mille's "The Ten Commandments" was given its world première last night at the Criterion Theatre, and the coincidence was profound. AGAINST the raw news of modern conflict between Egypt and Israel-a conflict that has its preamble in the Book of Exodus-Cecil B.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |