This film gets increasingly intriguing, the more often you watch it. One fun fact: The motorcyclist shouting "Who are you" was dubbed by David Lean - the director - himself. Can't get any more symbolic.
My favorite movie! Good catch on the fact that he even says "Me" when signing the letter for Auda. I can't pick a favorite scene either. But I _think_ my favorite line is near the end when Ali says, "If I fear him who love him, how must he fear himself who hates himself?" Chills every time.
Lawrence both the Lean version of him and the real man are unfinished puzzles. Lean correctly shapes what was then known of Lawrence into a cinematic legend, the real Lawrence of Arabia was already a legend with the aid of friendly newspapers and morale during WW1. Has for Lawrence he still remains elusive
In your lifetime, you should choose a few movies to draw from, to watch at a few years intervals, to gain insight, to cultuvate courage and to pray for increasing wisdom. This is a great movie to choose as one of them!
You, sir, are the only person that, too, has independently concluded as I had. The depth of this film is boundless. Anybody watching superficially will fail to take anything away from it. This film challenged and changed me, and for that, I am forever indebted.
Stunning movie, greatest ever made.i watched it as a kid in high school on TV.So many great themes,I believe the overriding theme is a man can get so caught up in his purpose,he starts to believe his own lies,and is forced to come to grips with his own humanity.Like bridge on the river kwai, the British officer building the bridge is so caught up in building a great bridge he doesn't realize he is aiding the enemy,until the end of the movie.lawrence is so caught up in trying to help free the Arabs from the Turks,he doesn't realize the British and French just want to drive out the Turks so they can come in take over themselves
@@CaffeinePanda It's one thing to appreciate this film as the work of art that it is, and a whole other thing to be influenced by it to pursue a career in diplomacy, the former being passive, latter active.
@@JPWickReread your comment, then mine. Unless the author of this video also made a career out of diplomacy, I think you missed the point. This movie has inspired millions of people in countless ways, you're not in an exclusive elite club.
The thousand yard stare by O'Toole when asked "who are you?" basically replies "that's a good question". Goes back to the VERY beginning at his wake ... 2 consecutive characters discuss who he was as a man. One says basically a hero. .the other a monster. And the real answer is both. Note the director chose to include the Derra rape scene. Hstorians sayvits fiction ... never happened ...but Lawrence himself penned it .. to it must be something important to Lawrence for him to do so ... so it's part of the answer to 'who are you " also As far as the "not signing his name, dont forget, he changed his name TWICE in RL enlisting in the air force and tank Corp to get away from who he was. And even his Lawrence last name was given after birth because of scandal id his father running off without of the house servants or something? So yes, identify of "who are you" is really answered as "ALL these things You are your race Your family Your culture What you DO What you embrace What people treat you as And what is broadly perceived as an avatar of you ... All at the same time... and at different emphasis levels at different time. When he first looks at his reflection ... he is pure ... naive ...principled and on a quest to give Arabs their independence After the slaughter of the Turkish caravan, he looks again ... a bloody monster ... a banger of death
Auda Abu Tayi makes a joke about himself possibly being a bastard-and in a screenplay like this, a joke is never just a joke. About his own viciousness, “My mother mated with a scorpion.” I think the idea there is he (and his name) is entirely his own creation based on his actions.
Auda says: "Thy mother mated with a scorpion", and yes, you are totally right, in this screenplay, there is not a single sentence without a deeper meaning. As is the exchange between Ali and Auda about bastard children.
One of my two favourite films. The other being Seven Samurai. I'm tempted to sound like the old fool I am and say they don't make films like that anymore..........because they don't.
This film gets increasingly intriguing, the more often you watch it. One fun fact: The motorcyclist shouting "Who are you" was dubbed by David Lean - the director - himself. Can't get any more symbolic.
Dare I say a perfect movie?
My favorite movie! Good catch on the fact that he even says "Me" when signing the letter for Auda.
I can't pick a favorite scene either. But I _think_ my favorite line is near the end when Ali says, "If I fear him who love him, how must he fear himself who hates himself?" Chills every time.
Lawrence both the Lean version of him and the real man are unfinished puzzles. Lean correctly shapes what was then known of Lawrence into a cinematic legend, the real Lawrence of Arabia was already a legend with the aid of friendly newspapers and morale during WW1. Has for Lawrence he still remains elusive
In your lifetime, you should choose a few movies to draw from, to watch at a few years intervals, to gain insight, to cultuvate courage and to pray for increasing wisdom. This is a great movie to choose as one of them!
Good analysis! This movie is a favorite of mine; the desert is quite an underrated expressionistic landscape. Dropping you a like.
Thanks!
Lawrence of Arabia was, I think, a name given to him by Lowell Thomas, on whom the Arthur Kennedy character is based.
You, sir, are the only person that, too, has independently concluded as I had. The depth of this film is boundless. Anybody watching superficially will fail to take anything away from it. This film challenged and changed me, and for that, I am forever indebted.
Stunning movie, greatest ever made.i watched it as a kid in high school on TV.So many great themes,I believe the overriding theme is a man can get so caught up in his purpose,he starts to believe his own lies,and is forced to come to grips with his own humanity.Like bridge on the river kwai, the British officer building the bridge is so caught up in building a great bridge he doesn't realize he is aiding the enemy,until the end of the movie.lawrence is so caught up in trying to help free the Arabs from the Turks,he doesn't realize the British and French just want to drive out the Turks so they can come in take over themselves
You are most definitely not the only two people to have concluded this film is a boundless masterpiece lol.
@@CaffeinePanda It's one thing to appreciate this film as the work of art that it is, and a whole other thing to be influenced by it to pursue a career in diplomacy, the former being passive, latter active.
@@JPWickI w
@@JPWickReread your comment, then mine. Unless the author of this video also made a career out of diplomacy, I think you missed the point. This movie has inspired millions of people in countless ways, you're not in an exclusive elite club.
Seems like a must watch to me!
It definitely is!
Great analysis!! I realized more about Lawrence as a character and the theme is more apparent to me now. Keep up the great work!!
I could write a book about this movie. It’s perfect.
The thousand yard stare by O'Toole when asked "who are you?" basically replies "that's a good question".
Goes back to the VERY beginning at his wake ... 2 consecutive characters discuss who he was as a man.
One says basically a hero.
.the other a monster.
And the real answer is both.
Note the director chose to include the Derra rape scene. Hstorians sayvits fiction ... never happened ...but Lawrence himself penned it
.. to it must be something important to Lawrence for him to do so ... so it's part of the answer to 'who are you " also
As far as the "not signing his name, dont forget, he changed his name TWICE in RL enlisting in the air force and tank Corp to get away from who he was.
And even his Lawrence last name was given after birth because of scandal id his father running off without of the house servants or something?
So yes, identify of "who are you" is really answered as "ALL these things
You are your race
Your family
Your culture
What you DO
What you embrace
What people treat you as
And what is broadly perceived as an avatar of you ...
All at the same time... and at different emphasis levels at different time.
When he first looks at his reflection ... he is pure ... naive ...principled and on a quest to give Arabs their independence
After the slaughter of the Turkish caravan, he looks again ... a bloody monster ... a banger of death
utube throwing another awesome channel my way...side note, Peter what a legend as well
Thank you: though a warning not all my videos are this epic
Wow I never noticed this motif
It has become one of my favorite movies.
So you're saying, he's some kind of Lawrence Of Arabia?
Roger Ebert: Audiences remember an experience!
"Ned"
Auda Abu Tayi makes a joke about himself possibly being a bastard-and in a screenplay like this, a joke is never just a joke. About his own viciousness, “My mother mated with a scorpion.” I think the idea there is he (and his name) is entirely his own creation based on his actions.
Auda says: "Thy mother mated with a scorpion", and yes, you are totally right, in this screenplay, there is not a single sentence without a deeper meaning. As is the exchange between Ali and Auda about bastard children.
@@blitzschnitz2032 Did he really say “thy” not “my”? If so it even furthers the idea that Lawrence doesn’t have a “patriarchal” identity
One of the Best movies ever!
Definitely
I watched this as a kid and didn't like it, but I don't remember the movie at all or why. Maybe I'll try again.
Too bad your dialogue is too low to hear! Excellent discussion on a theme rarely noted.
After this watch Doctor Zhivago.
One of my two favourite films. The other being Seven Samurai. I'm tempted to sound like the old fool I am and say they don't make films like that anymore..........because they don't.