I saw Lawrence again yesterday, on the big screen. This film is rapidly moving up my favorites list. This viewing was amazing. I had a better theater experience than I had at the TCM viewing, where sounds from other theaters intruded and took me out of Arabia. This time, I could fully immerse in the majesty of this movie, and I had tears in my eyes at more than one moment. I swear the whole thing -- including intermission -- was not longer than two hours. The movie just flew by. It if it had been playing a second time, I would have stayed in my seat for the next showing, it was that good, and I wanted more so badly.
The good thing is this film is played fairly regularly on the big screen. This is one I definitely have no desire to see any other way except on the big screen.
Speaking of movie theaters, I saw this at a Phoenix Big Theater. You might want to google them and see if they have a theater near you. Lawrence was part of a classic film program where they show different classic movies every weekend. Not only that, but it is only $4.00 admission, and they gave a voucher for the concession stand (if you're the type who like popcorn/food at the movies). They also show operas (which is how I found them). It's a bit of a drive for me to this theater, but worth it for the programming.
2 comments:
I have never seen "Laurence of Arabia"...don't even know too much about it.
I didn't expect that there was a Phoenix Big Theatre near me. We do, however, have a historic theatre which screens classic films once a month. Of course, sometimes what they consider a classic and what I consider a classic don't line up...for instance, this month's showing was "Ferris Beuller's Day Out" and March's was "Blazing Saddles." Both of those films are too current for me, but I do appreciate that the theatre is putting forth an effort to bring films of yesteryear to the big screen.
I'm glad you had such a terrific experience, and I look forward to seeing that film one of these days.
Dude, there is one of those theaters across the river into MD, probably a little less than an hour from here! I've bookmarked for future reference. Tanks for the heads-up!
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