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  • Filmmaker and friend of TIFF Denis Villeneuve on LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. Explore a selection of past works from the Quebec auteur - along with three films hand-picked by Villeneuve that influenced his latest blockbuster, DUNE - at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Learn more at TIFF.net
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  • @rhapsodydigby8997
    @rhapsodydigby8997 2 місяці тому +400

    When you watch dune 2 you really get a sense of his love for this movie

    • @l.b.2392
      @l.b.2392 2 місяці тому +13

      Yet Dune 2 doesn't even get close to achieve the cinematic magic of LoA.

    • @Duskbleu
      @Duskbleu 2 місяці тому

      You are comparing a really good movie to a all time great. ​@@l.b.2392

    • @cornfield755
      @cornfield755 2 місяці тому +6

      Absolutely. That and (probably unintentional) echos of Life of Brian.

    • @groovypullet2337
      @groovypullet2337 2 місяці тому +12

      ​@cornfield755 while watching it I was literally thinking "this is like a mashup of Lawrence of Arabia and Life of Brian". I enjoyed the film, but the parallels were not subtle

    • @Torbjorn311
      @Torbjorn311 Місяць тому +4

      because of all the sand?

  • @TheCrazyDcoolest
    @TheCrazyDcoolest 2 роки тому +1166

    Damn Lawrence's eyes are almost more blue than fremen eyes.

    • @nickmitsialis
      @nickmitsialis 2 роки тому +47

      HAH! I didn't connect the Fremen, but by golly, O'Toole's eyes sure were blue!

    • @hypatia4754
      @hypatia4754 2 роки тому +26

      Maybe that`s where he got the idea from? Interesting thought!

    • @xvor_tex8577
      @xvor_tex8577 2 роки тому +7

      @@hypatia4754 wait I never knew laurance of arabia movie was that old, it came out in 62?

    • @pinktrash2720
      @pinktrash2720 2 роки тому +2

      @@hypatia4754 i havent watched the movie yet but the blue eyes of the fremen is already in the book

    • @verohimself
      @verohimself 2 роки тому +8

      He was the first Zensunni Wanderer.

  • @samfilmkid
    @samfilmkid 2 роки тому +1244

    "Lawrence of Arabia is to cinema what the pyramids are to architecture."

    • @tf2whackyengineer
      @tf2whackyengineer 2 роки тому +91

      Agreed, it is a very big and pointy film.

    • @davidmckesey7119
      @davidmckesey7119 2 роки тому +7

      It's like he made dune that way

    • @rimacalid6557
      @rimacalid6557 2 роки тому +4

      Then Villeneuve didn't watch The Message yet.

    • @liamdevine8533
      @liamdevine8533 2 роки тому +21

      reminds me of spielbergs comments on Akira Kurosawa "he is to cinema, what shakespeare was to the written word"

    • @Shadowman4710
      @Shadowman4710 2 роки тому +62

      @@kelmanbeats Not exactly. LoA pretty much turns the "white Savior" meme on it's head. Lean did that on purpose. Lawrence doesn't actually save anybody in that film. Pretty much everything he touches turns to blood.

  • @craigstewart7391
    @craigstewart7391 2 роки тому +319

    Noel Coward: "If you had been any prettier, it would have been 'Florence of Arabia.'" Roger Ebert: "I've noticed that when people remember 'Lawrence of Arabia,' they don't talk about the details of the plot. They get a certain look in their eye, as if they are remembering the whole experience, and have never quite been able to put it into words."

    • @ninawildr4207
      @ninawildr4207 Місяць тому +3

      Exactly❤❤❤

    • @sigil8386
      @sigil8386 Місяць тому +2

      Wow! This captures it perfectly.

  • @GreasyFox
    @GreasyFox 2 роки тому +767

    Dune would not existed without Lawrence of Arabia. Who can forget those beautiful 70mm shot scenes?

    • @nickmitsialis
      @nickmitsialis 2 роки тому +21

      Indeed! I used to watch LoA on ABC TV on the old 'Sunday Night Movie', but, as a child I was always bored and perplexed by it. Then when the 'remastered' version was re released I saw it in the SF 'Northpoint' Theater again 'for the first time', in the full glory 70mm. It was 'mesmerizing'; Honestly, I had also gotten older and learned to appreciate the art of the movie.

    • @Jestersage
      @Jestersage 2 роки тому +14

      And in a way, isn't Dune - the novel -- kinda based on TE Lawrence?

    • @danieldyson1660
      @danieldyson1660 2 роки тому +3

      @@Jestersage I was wondering if anyone else had noticed this!

    • @maxmoloney3105
      @maxmoloney3105 2 роки тому

      @@Jestersage I think sorta, tho FH worked on Dune for a longass time

    • @Ragnarok043
      @Ragnarok043 2 роки тому

      @@nickmitsialis SF Northoint, that takes me back

  • @ujjwalreal
    @ujjwalreal 2 роки тому +61

    I deliberately stopped myself from watching Lawrence of Arabia until I could find it playing on a big screen, which I finally did, in glorious 70mm and my god was it worth the wait. Best cinema experience of my life

  • @TonyGrayCanada
    @TonyGrayCanada 2 роки тому +303

    Denis is a very moving speaker, even in his second language.

    • @jessica5497
      @jessica5497 2 роки тому +6

      Yes!

    • @heymelon
      @heymelon 2 роки тому +4

      Probably more so. Exotic accent always takes it home!

    • @hulking_presence
      @hulking_presence 2 місяці тому

      Ee vehn ineh kheezeh sekondueh lehngoo eezheh

  • @DelightLovesMovies
    @DelightLovesMovies 2 роки тому +236

    I never get tired of watching Lawrence of Arabia.

    • @charlesneely
      @charlesneely 2 роки тому +3

      I never get tired of music because the music is inspiring it inspired me to be the best that I can be all by myself it inspired me to be that I don't need nobody else just me.

    • @hulking_presence
      @hulking_presence 2 місяці тому +1

      @@charlesneely damn, that sounds grim. You need to find God. ☦️

  • @spaceman9599
    @spaceman9599 2 роки тому +16

    I knew there was a thread from Wadi Rum to Arrakis, now confirmed: Herbert had read Seven Pillars. Wow, chills

  • @banba317
    @banba317 2 роки тому +351

    "Lawrence Of Arabia is part of my cinematic education..." I have loved and watched that film at least two dozen times and often thought a Dune adaptation would have to approach the scale and scope of that epic masterpiece! Thank goodness a student of genius has come along to match the film to the original work! Thank you Denis! Got my tix for 10/22 and I can't wait to be as immersed in the Dune film as I was in the book!

    • @Latinkon
      @Latinkon 2 роки тому +8

      As someone who regards _Lawrence of Arabia_ as one the best films of all time, I felt that having a new _Dune_ film that would be on par with that classic historical epic would be the gold standard. Having seen _Dune: Part One_ a few weeks ago, I personally feel that David Lean's masterpiece is still the better film. Don't get me wrong though, as I'd say the new _Dune_ movie is still good overall.

    • @GuineaPigEveryday
      @GuineaPigEveryday 2 роки тому +7

      @@Latinkon dude i dont think we'll ever get a film where you don't say David Lean's masterpiece is still the better film. But the attempt at getting close to that brilliance is good enough in itself. I mean so many elements worked in Lawrence of Arabia, so much of it luck, or the time, or coincidence or just brilliance on the part of the people who worked on it. But I'm glad Denis paid tribute to this film because reading Dune you can see the parallels as bright as day, they're great parallels though, its what helps the book resonate to this day.

    • @stantheman9072
      @stantheman9072 2 роки тому +4

      Lawrence is the pinnacle of a genius filmmaker at work. Loved David Lean’s work - well, most of it - and that Villeneuve appreciates that artist makes me even more eager to see his Dune. While I am very much looking forward to this, Herbert’s book was a mixed bag for me. I was intrigued by his story and the epic nature of it, but his style of writing in a broken narrative drove me nuts. The films, of course, can’t do that. They must be more linear, yet not to the exclusion of all else and that was one of the key weaknesses of Lynch’s version, I think. It wasn’t just the annoying voice-over narration or occasionally somewhat nauseating design work. I look forward to loving this.

    • @redbarchetta8782
      @redbarchetta8782 2 роки тому +2

      Saw it and I was IMPRESSED.

    • @charlesneely
      @charlesneely 2 роки тому

      Wow I think somebody's in love with David lean Dennis is about to cream in his pants he's probably thinking about a way that he can invent a time machine and go back in time and fill in the movie himself

  • @Major98
    @Major98 Рік тому +21

    This movie birthed multiple generations of the greatest filmmakers

  • @odu_history_1972
    @odu_history_1972 2 роки тому +24

    Lawrence of Arabia is my mother's favorite movie. When I was a kid, I was so bored by it. I remember it came on TV one time and I walked into the living room at the scene where Lawrence and Farraj arrive at the Suez Canal. I only saw the ship behind sand dunes and thought, "Why is a ship moving through the middle of the desert? This is dumb," and didn't try to watch the movie again until I was 17. That year was 1989, and the film had gone through its restoration. My mom and I had some kind of falling out (something stupid that was my fault but I can't remember) and I decided to take my mom to see the restored version to make up for it. Honestly, I went in with the belief that I was about to be bored out of my mind and that I was going to just have to power through nearly four hours of boredom.
    Boy was I wrong! What an amazing film!
    I fell in love with the film and, being a musician, Maurice Jarre's score. My own kids sat down to watch it and they love it too. Even when they were very young, like four and five years old they would sit down to watch it all the way through. When I came back from my third deployment to the Middle East in early 2001, I brought back keffiyeh's and agals, and my kids would actually pretend like they were T.E. Lawrence, Sherif Ali, and Auda Abu Tayi. Unfortunately, they didn't get to pretend for very long because 9/11 meant that Middle Easterners didn't get to be the heroes of playtime anymore.
    Anyway, the film had a pretty profound impact on my oldest son who, like Denis Villeneuve, decided to become a filmmaker. It was actually Lord of the Rings that got my son thinking about filmmaking, but Lawrence of Arabia is definitely one of the top films that he draws inspiration from.

  • @RamZar50
    @RamZar50 Місяць тому +3

    The visuals leave a permanent imprint in your mind specially when you watch it on the big 70mm screen. Superb direction by David Lean, musical score by Maurice Jarre and cinematography by Freddie Young. Undoubtedly, the greatest epic movie of all time.

  • @sahibpreetsingh5514
    @sahibpreetsingh5514 2 роки тому +739

    In the times when the industry is being dominated by CGI effects. I'm extremely happy that filmmakers like Villeneuve still exist who are keeping practical effects and movie sets alive. Lawrence of Arabia was and is still a masterpiece.

    • @ToTunez
      @ToTunez 2 роки тому +26

      the vfx in Dune is one of the best I've seen. Only 1 or 2 shot i could tell its cgi

    • @faivrejean-michel8744
      @faivrejean-michel8744 2 роки тому +3

      Les acteurs assurant la promo des films entièrement tournés devant écran vert doivent tellement surjouer les interviews qu'ils ne sont pas convaincus eux-mêmes, on sent qu'ils s'auto-répugnent.
      Mais bon... si c'est pour un gros paquet de fric...

    • @wrmusic8736
      @wrmusic8736 2 роки тому +15

      @@ToTunez In Dune CGI is done by DNEG - those same guys that did CGI on BR2049, so it basically fits perfectly with all the practical effects in there and you can hardly ever tell the difference

    • @earlgray7003
      @earlgray7003 2 роки тому +5

      Villeneuve as a film-maker is like nice newly built gorgeous house, with no occupants.

    • @panathatube
      @panathatube 2 роки тому +2

      Laurence of Arabia had thousands of extras. Watch the movie. You just can't recreate that on CG the movements and nuances of each man each horse...

  • @doryds
    @doryds 2 роки тому +116

    Seeing Lawrence of Arabia on the big screen is something I will never forget. The scene where a person emerges as a tiny dot from the vast desert simply cannot be appreciated at home, even if you have a 100" TV.

  • @zegermanscientist2667
    @zegermanscientist2667 2 місяці тому +5

    Been to Wadi Rum in Jordan several times. It is such an awesome place to be.

  • @mf_from_hell
    @mf_from_hell 2 роки тому +192

    Denis Villeneuve is the only director I can think of that has truly captured that same feeling of grandeur. You get a sense that you're watching something on a massive scale in almost every scene in Dune. I don't think anyone has understood David Lean quite as well as Villeneuve.

    • @ngojems
      @ngojems 2 роки тому +3

      Yes completely agree with you.

    • @GaryBonaducci
      @GaryBonaducci 2 роки тому +5

      Ridley Scott was also inspired by Lawrence of Arabia; and you see this in Prometheus and The Martian. But both movies are about hostile, almost atmosphere-less planets, so it's really not the same as LoA or Dune.

    • @VK-sz4it
      @VK-sz4it 2 роки тому +3

      I disagree. Sadly, Dune doesn't have this slow rithm.

    • @3CKSTR
      @3CKSTR 2 роки тому +3

      @@VK-sz4it It's no more than a Marvel generic superhero movie marketing itself as high-brow

    • @VK-sz4it
      @VK-sz4it 2 роки тому +2

      @@3CKSTR Yep. Maybe 12.4% more.

  • @evanevans1843
    @evanevans1843 2 роки тому +58

    Yet, that blowing out of the match shot near the beginning, cutting to Arabia, perhaps sums up the genius of the whole film.

    • @sarosch
      @sarosch 2 роки тому +6

      Yes! a completely unforgettable moment, backed up by the soaring soundtrack - cutting from a small human match to the sun ☀️ from whom we stole fire. How far we’ve come, as humans, as filmmakers - yet like Lawrence, infinitely fallible, as well…

    • @evanevans1843
      @evanevans1843 2 роки тому +2

      @@sarosch yep, I am with Villeneuve with regard to Lawrence of Arabia.

    • @evanevans1843
      @evanevans1843 2 роки тому +3

      @@sarosch Totally agree with Villeneuve, Lawrence of Arabia sublime film making at its best. I also like Arrival and Blade Runner 2049, so very much looking forward to Dune on the big screen - a memorable book from my youth. Delayed in Australia due to COVID by 6 weeks.

  • @robertvanderpool8550
    @robertvanderpool8550 2 роки тому +108

    He is 100% correct, Lawrence of Arabia on 70mm film is an experience. I was lucky to have seen it on film three times at the now closed Seattle Cinerama.

    • @Raidmasterprod
      @Raidmasterprod 2 роки тому +7

      I saw it in 70mm at the Museum of the Moving Picture.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 роки тому +6

      I would also recommend Ben-Hur, Spartacus, Space Odyssey and Vertigo on 70mm. They all look astonishing.

    • @Raidmasterprod
      @Raidmasterprod 2 роки тому +1

      @@bighands69 Oh, I would see these classic films on 70mm if I actually lived in NYC!

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 роки тому +1

      @@Raidmasterprod
      Check different states to see if there are any 70mm projectors and look to see if there are any local film festivals.
      35mm looks amazing as well and produce a much larger image than digital.

    • @Vlad65WFPReviews
      @Vlad65WFPReviews 2 роки тому

      I live in that city 4 hrs north of Seattle but I'm very sad to learn the Cinerama is no more. I have happy memories of driving down to see Star Wars there on its massive screen. We need more cinemas like this, not less.

  • @raystaar
    @raystaar 2 роки тому +24

    While I didn't go on to become a filmmaker, I was equally impressed by the spectacle of David Lean's crowning achievement on the big screen in 70mm. Iconic, awe inspiring and unforgettable, 'Lawrence of Arabia' is unarguably of the greatest movies of all time.

  • @pedroivobatiston2408
    @pedroivobatiston2408 2 роки тому +14

    "Lawrence of Arabia" is my favorite film of all time. I'm really glad to see Villeneuve talking about his personal experience with this masterpeace.

  • @TechNoir-wz5ic
    @TechNoir-wz5ic 2 роки тому +101

    I wish i could see Lawrence Of Arabia on an IMAX screen it needs to be re-released In England for a limited time so i can experience it on an Imax screen and so many others can as well, it's just the sort of movie you couldn't make today if anyone attempted to make anything on that scale it would include too many CGI shots...Peter O' Toole's performance is just earth shattering and so complex the way he becomes a part of the Arab revolt/culture and becomes heavily involved with the war against the Turks (Ottoman Empire) and also later on realizing he can't be one of them, is seriously played to perfection by O' Toole and Omar Sharif is incredible as well, so are the rest of the other cast members, not too many films can be called life changing but this is one of them.........

    • @Latinkon
      @Latinkon 2 роки тому +6

      Really would jump at the chance to watch _Lawrence of Arabia_ at a proper IMAX theater (not the so called LieMax ones) if given the opportunity.

    • @pheunithpsychic-watertype9881
      @pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 2 роки тому +3

      You mean it hasn't? Travesty I say.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 роки тому +5

      @Tech Noir 1984
      It does not need to be released on IMAX if you can get the chance to see the film on 70mm (65mm) that would be the ultimate way to see the film. Even a 35mm print looks great as well.
      Spartacus

    • @FastEddie86
      @FastEddie86 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah I missed that chance. I saw apocalypse now at imax Waterloo and it was incredible.

    • @TheKjtheDj
      @TheKjtheDj 2 роки тому +1

      There’s a theatre near my house that shows old movies in a vintage theater with a screen bigger than IMAX. I saw Lawrence of Arabia there when I was about 12. It was amazing.

  • @Tigerbrown44
    @Tigerbrown44 2 місяці тому +3

    Back in the late 60’s my father had a middle eastern restaurant in Chicago. It was on Lawerence Avenue and it was called the Red Fez Cafe. On his business card it said: Step from Lawerence into Arabia.

  • @therealluofficial
    @therealluofficial Місяць тому +1

    I vividly remember being alone in an IMAX theater watching DUNE PT II in 70mm.

  • @jamesdrynan
    @jamesdrynan Місяць тому

    I was 12 when I saw this movie at the Regent Theatre. I was stunned. The acting, the music, the shots. Sharif coming out of a mirage! Astonishing!

  • @heilong79
    @heilong79 2 роки тому +4

    Just watched LAWRENCE OF ARABIA for the first time, I did not think it would be so heavily themed as it was and was an interesting journey of the rise and fall of a man and his helplessness of who he must be.

  • @bertoray5497
    @bertoray5497 2 роки тому +30

    Lucky for us he had this Influential experience. Denis Villeneuve is the real deal.

  • @andreraymond6860
    @andreraymond6860 2 роки тому +10

    I saw it in the same cinema. Place du Canada. This was the Restoration release. I was the same age as Denis. A couple of years later he and I worked on the same set together. A music video by Andre Turpin. Salutations Denis et bravo. J'ai bien hâte de voir Dune ce Vendredi.

  • @richardextall2002
    @richardextall2002 2 роки тому +35

    LofA is an incredible cinematic masterpiece.

  • @Romartus
    @Romartus Рік тому +2

    I was able to watch the film after it was restored in a cinema. Sitting with us was David Lean who took a bow and acknowledged our appreciation of this wonderful film.

  • @Heppellos
    @Heppellos Місяць тому +1

    Dune 2, Lawrence of Arabia- what a couple of masterpieces!!

  • @adarshv5079
    @adarshv5079 2 роки тому +4

    That ending cut was a nice touch TIFF!

  • @starshiptrooper2354
    @starshiptrooper2354 2 роки тому +8

    Amazing movie. Still remember seeing it first time in theater with my parents. Still wows each time watching it I. Best is on a big screen

  • @geomonabe
    @geomonabe Місяць тому

    ❤Lawrence of Arabia is absolutely stunnung. Watched it myself in 70mm a few years ago and it was unbelievable that it was such an old film. The music❤❤❤❤

  • @joeya5147
    @joeya5147 2 роки тому +6

    I'm so happy I was able to watch this for the first time in 70mm with Dennis in the theatre. What a cool experience. Absolutely loved the movie. Just the visuals... wow

  • @markuslechner4800
    @markuslechner4800 2 роки тому +7

    I have seen it in my Hometheater on a 150 Inch screen in uhd. It was breathtaking.

  • @smit4459
    @smit4459 2 роки тому +21

    "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) is one of my favorite films. To comprehend the movie's historical inaccuracy, I recommend reading, or listening to, Scott Anderson's "Lawrence in Arabia" (2013). It is also one of my favorite books.

    • @monkeytypist
      @monkeytypist 2 роки тому +3

      I've always thought this about the film - the story it tells is so compelling, it's important to realise it's very historically inaccurate. Brilliant film, terrible history.

    • @jimtrela7588
      @jimtrela7588 Рік тому

      There us also Ralph Fienes in the movie "Lawrence AFTER Arabia".

    • @smit4459
      @smit4459 Рік тому

      I will have to watch that movie Jim. "Schindler's List" (1993) and "Coriolanus" (2011) are my favorite films, staring Ralph Fiennes.

  • @anthonys.8569
    @anthonys.8569 2 місяці тому +2

    One of the all time great films

  • @New_Perspective
    @New_Perspective 2 роки тому +46

    Ngl, the first time I watched Laurence of Arabia was on my ipad on Netflix. This was years ago when I was about 15 or 16 (I'm 23 now). Back then I wasn't really into film as an art, movies were just entertainment. But even though the movie started off with a black screen for like 5 minutes just playing the overture, and it was longer than any other movie i'd ever seen up to that point, AND it was on my fricking Ipad, I watched the whole thing and fell in love. Not only with the film, but with cinema. It was the first time my pea sized mouse-brain realised that cinema was more than just something you watched for fun. Funny enough, it wasn't until I saw Blade Runner 2049, that I finally realised my destiny was in film. I finally realised I had to make movies.

    • @adamfrisk956
      @adamfrisk956 2 роки тому +3

      'Get real', David Lynch

    • @Messi-rw9ng
      @Messi-rw9ng 2 роки тому +2

      @@adamfrisk956 LOL I just watched that interview before this one. Crazy

    • @rhineriversurf5594
      @rhineriversurf5594 2 роки тому +2

      Don’t forget watching Shivago

    • @KootFloris
      @KootFloris 2 роки тому +1

      What did you make? :)

    • @elperronimo
      @elperronimo 2 роки тому +3

      @@KootFloris he has an onlyfans

  • @davidmckesey7119
    @davidmckesey7119 2 роки тому +3

    Just that long shot is worth the whole movie. An epic

  • @tykjenffs
    @tykjenffs 2 місяці тому +6

    Watching Dune Part Two was like watching a modern Lawrence of Arabia.
    Pure Cinema!

  • @will6258
    @will6258 2 роки тому +3

    Both of these movies are such an experience. Wish I could have seen Lawrence of Arabia in theaters like Dune.

  • @moviebuff1941
    @moviebuff1941 2 роки тому +49

    Honest: Denis’ “Dune” is as much of a homage to Herbert’s novel as to “Lawrence of Arabia”.

    • @wiseonwords
      @wiseonwords 2 роки тому +1

      You noticed!

    • @DanielLopez-ob9jz
      @DanielLopez-ob9jz 2 роки тому +8

      Well, Herbert's novel was also heavily influenced by Lawrence of Arabia as well.

    • @davidw.2791
      @davidw.2791 2 роки тому +1

      Daniel Lopez It’s kinda chilling that British and French Imperialism wanted to control the middle east back then for strategic-geographical reasons alone. Imagine what would happen if the Arabian oil fields were discovered earlier.

    • @littlemouse7066
      @littlemouse7066 2 роки тому +1

      @@davidw.2791 sometimes I think the old colonies would have fared better now if they remained colonies they would have had modern laws and not terrible dictators who get rich at the expense of their people.

  • @luckystriker7489
    @luckystriker7489 2 роки тому +25

    I have only ever seen Lawrence of Arabia on television. The first time on VHS on a 4:3 CRT television, and the last time on DVD on a 16:9 plasma screen. I could obviously not appreciate the true spectacle, but the story was nevertheless gripping. The scenes and the dialogue are still with me.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 роки тому

      Plasma is probably the best way to experience the movie at home. I have seen it on 70mm and it looked amazing.
      Do a bit of research on the internet to see if you can find a screening in your country on 70mm.

    • @GuineaPigEveryday
      @GuineaPigEveryday 2 роки тому

      @@bighands69 i was lucky i was able to watch it on this plasma tv we still had, i watched it alone in my dorm room, not really comparable to the cinema, but it left just as much of an impact.

  • @ecurb10
    @ecurb10 2 роки тому +41

    I am SO glad to hear that Villeneuve loved this movie so much - one can only assume he brought this love to Dune.
    It's exactly what the Lynch movie lacked!
    When I read Dune many years ago I couldn't help but picture Lawrence of Arabia, so when I saw the Lynch film that's what I was expecting....but, no. It completely lacked the grandeur and vastness of the landscape. Plus, there wasn't even a robe in sight!

    • @sarosch
      @sarosch 2 роки тому

      No robes? Hoo! so much I’ve forgotten about that not-quite-forgettable movie…. I liked those space navigators in their overly ornate ether aquariums, whatever that was! Guess I need to watch it again before this Dune. Maybe. Didn’t see the tv series either, did you?

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 роки тому +1

      @Bruce Smith
      Dune has been shot on digital cameras and then has been transferred to 35mm film which should give it a beautiful look.

    • @ecurb10
      @ecurb10 2 роки тому +1

      @@sarosch No I didn't catch the series.
      I actually don't think you need to see the Lynch version again....seriously.

    • @GuineaPigEveryday
      @GuineaPigEveryday 2 роки тому

      i mean lynch's vision was pretty much squandered by interference, he didn't even want to sign his own name off on the extended version. I doubt it had any chance to begin with though. I think its time really did the production of that film a disservice, Dune is a sci-fi that requires a lot to go right if you're filming it. Anyways, it was a worthwhile effort, the visuals are still good and the music is pretty damn great. I don't think Lynch needs any more blame than he already gets in spades.

    • @orion8835
      @orion8835 2 роки тому +1

      Yawn and wrong. Your too young to get it. Dune is not about deserts it’s about Dynasties and destinies and tyranny. The backdrop described in the book is a fleeting surrounding to be ignored. It’s all about an addiction to a substance that is abused for power. That lies within the sand. It’s not about dumb desert shots peppered with CGI holograms. Lynch captured the Shakespearean grandeur and color of the fighting houses. The 2021 version is a monochromatic classless ugly bore.

  • @r520jr8
    @r520jr8 2 роки тому +1

    This has man has consistently created my favorite film of every year he releases a movie and this is the first time I’ve ever heard him speak.

  • @splintmeow4723
    @splintmeow4723 2 роки тому

    One of my favorite films, it is able to tell so much in such a fantastic way. The compositions, the atmosphere, writing, everything! Even the modern plane mistake I like.

  • @alfredthegreat9543
    @alfredthegreat9543 2 роки тому +6

    The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and Doctor Zhivago (1965). No one before, or since, has matched or beaten that level of excellence of three such movies in a row.

    • @fourohfournotfound
      @fourohfournotfound 2 роки тому +1

      Pete Jackson matched it at least with Lord of the Rings Trilogy :)

    • @alfredthegreat9543
      @alfredthegreat9543 2 роки тому +1

      @@fourohfournotfound I'm sorry but not up to this level at all. Tbh Lord of the Rings left me cold- and most everyone else who left the cinema after the 1st one, there was no "buzz" or excited chatter like with a great movie. I think the same people just kept going back again and again to watch them rather than them being really widely popular - same happened with Avatar, and the few times the LOTR films come up in conversation a lot of people are like "meh". I know, I know, fanboys would go nuts at this but it is how many feel.
      I can't think of a movie that captures you like LoA does, maybe Gandhi- but in a different way, Schindlers List maybe. I think it's the sweep and scope of LoA and the fact it doesn't rush that gets you.

    • @fourohfournotfound
      @fourohfournotfound 2 роки тому

      @@alfredthegreat9543 heard. I have a feeling age differences play a major role in this

    • @alfredthegreat9543
      @alfredthegreat9543 2 роки тому

      @@fourohfournotfound Yeah i guess so. Those under 18 when LOTR came out probably loved them. LoA though is a more "adult" movie made before most of us were born.

  • @Not_So_Weird_in_Austin
    @Not_So_Weird_in_Austin Місяць тому

    Thanks. I was fortunate to see the re release on the wide screen 30 years after the film was made

  • @JohnSoh
    @JohnSoh 2 роки тому +9

    I was on the fence regarding Dune but him speaking matter of factly on the greatness of Lawrence has sold me to see it on the big screen

  • @marekkos3513
    @marekkos3513 2 місяці тому +7

    Im here after Dune part 2.What a masterpiece.I still think that Lawrence of arabia was more epic

  • @Travestyalpha
    @Travestyalpha 2 роки тому

    True - on e of my favourite movies. Such a cinematic masterpiece

  • @dominokos
    @dominokos 2 роки тому +2

    When I first watched Lawrence of Arabia I remember thinking to myself after like an hour of a fun adventure movie "I mean, this seems cool and all, but why is it held in such high regards. Thusfar it was just a fun movie and that's all." Then the intermission came and I was like, "Oooh, this was just the set-up." :D Amazing film. Easily one of the greatest movies I've ever watched.

  • @ettoredipugnar6990
    @ettoredipugnar6990 2 роки тому +1

    One of my childhood hero’s T. E. Lawrence !

  • @michaelminch5490
    @michaelminch5490 Місяць тому

    "Lawrence of Arabia" is eternal. The lit match/sunrise transition gives me chills every time.

  • @dgodinho
    @dgodinho 2 роки тому

    So sad I missed this showing! Hopefully it'll come back...? I love this movie so much.

  • @davidc5191
    @davidc5191 Місяць тому

    I absolutely agree and likewise I saw Lawrence when I was in college on the big screen too.

  • @siriyakcr
    @siriyakcr 2 роки тому +1

    Wow falling in love with culture 🥰🥰🥰🥰 wow arabic 🥰

  • @LexFez
    @LexFez 2 роки тому +5

    "On the whole, your majesty, I wish I'd stayed in Tunbridge Wells" - Gurney Halleck

  • @GuineaPigEveryday
    @GuineaPigEveryday 2 роки тому

    I was also 19 watching it for the first time, but instead alone in my dorm room on my tv, but whatever screen size this film leaves such an impact.

  • @wheresmyeyebrow1608
    @wheresmyeyebrow1608 2 роки тому

    Damn glad to see another video on Lawrence again

  • @TheRobertw82
    @TheRobertw82 Рік тому +1

    Just watched LoA and it now easily in my top 10 fav films, what a Masterpiece and gift to cinematic history!

  • @dansmith3vdhrj
    @dansmith3vdhrj 2 роки тому +35

    LoA was so great, back when cinematographers didn't wash out Films with so much blue that you can't even tell the difference between a day shot and a night shot..

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 роки тому +3

      The stock of that era is also different so that they could get much more vid colors than today's film stock.
      So even if a director today tried to copy Lawrence of Arabia in its look it would not be possible.
      I would love to see a modern film shot on 1950s style stock and then played at a cinema on a film projector.

    • @dansmith3vdhrj
      @dansmith3vdhrj 2 роки тому

      @@bighands69 Sounds like something Tarantino would do, lol Or, maybe has done... hmm...

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 роки тому +1

      @@dansmith3vdhrj
      Tarantino shot Hateful Eight on 70mm but I think was modern stock.

    • @fourohfournotfound
      @fourohfournotfound 2 роки тому

      @@bighands69 Is it not possible for a determined director like Tarantino to attain whatever was in the old 70mm stock? I no nothing of film making im just curious.

  • @kaiserwilhelmii1827
    @kaiserwilhelmii1827 2 місяці тому +1

    You can clearly see how Denis was visually inspired by this movie

  • @ByWayOfDeception
    @ByWayOfDeception 2 роки тому

    Fantastic movie. Stunning.

  • @Danleesixdoublefive321
    @Danleesixdoublefive321 Рік тому +1

    I agree. This film really makes a strong case for being the greatest there ever was

  • @JF-xq6fr
    @JF-xq6fr 2 роки тому

    So, so agree about film vs digital... He nails it.

  • @andreymaslekha
    @andreymaslekha Місяць тому

    Jude Law was tremendous in Lawrence! Terrific, timeless work! And he did great in Existense as well right after that !

  • @modalmixture
    @modalmixture 2 місяці тому

    “The idea that Lawrence will fall in love with another culture and try to help this culture fight against colonialism, only to realize at the end that he himself has been an instrument of this colonialism, is something that has a strong link with Paul Atreides journey.” Very well expressed, this is the thematic thread that links these films.

  • @andrewdavies5835
    @andrewdavies5835 2 роки тому +1

    I first tried watching LofA on a black and white telly when I was a kid and lasted about 15 minutes. Later I saw it in 70mm and, yes, it is a masterpiece in every sense. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' is worth a read too.

  • @romilrh
    @romilrh 2 місяці тому +1

    Given that Frank Herbert based the Fremen on the Bedoiuns of Arabia, it's very fitting that Denis took inspiration from Lawrence of Arabia for his film adaptation of Dune

  • @akshayde
    @akshayde 2 роки тому

    I haven't seen lawrence of Arabia or dune but his description of LOA sounds like that of the last samurai which was also such a beautiful movie.

  • @benjaminlivingston9706
    @benjaminlivingston9706 2 роки тому +1

    David Lean was briefly considered to direct Arthur P. Jacobs' version of Dune, but Jacobs passed away in 1973 and the project was scrapped.

  • @jasonmoser8957
    @jasonmoser8957 2 роки тому

    saw dune today on imax - watching it made me think that of LofA. both brilliant movies.

  • @GAFloppa
    @GAFloppa 2 роки тому

    It's gorgeous!!!

  • @122josh
    @122josh 2 роки тому +2

    Watching Dune in IMAX felt like how I imagined it would have felt back in 1962 when seeing Lawrence of Arabia in a theater it was an audio visual experience I will never forget Denis is a wonderful film maker as was the great David Lean gonna see Dune again in IMAX with my dad on Sunday can't wait.

  • @Raidmasterprod
    @Raidmasterprod 2 роки тому +8

    I saw this on 70mm. Seeing all the scratches was AWESOME.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 роки тому +1

      You see the odd scratch but the large super clear 18k image makes up for that.

  • @donworley7448
    @donworley7448 Місяць тому

    I saw Dune 2 in theatres about a week ago, and later felt drawn to watch Lawrence of Arabia, which I’d never seen before. I hadn’t actually thought about the influence it may have had on Herbert or Villeneuve, but the two really feel like sister films. I’m not surprised at all that they both took inspiration from LoA, but I’m delighted to find this out! Dune left me wanting more of something similar, and I definitely found it in Lawrence of Arabia. I might eventually read the Pillars of Wisdom, and the Dune series. Cool beans!

  • @Nacho-WhatDoWePlayNext
    @Nacho-WhatDoWePlayNext 2 роки тому

    Well said. Love this film - looking forward to DUNE.

  • @favorit601
    @favorit601 2 місяці тому

    Lawrence of Arabia was my first impression when watching the trailer of DUNE part 2. It‘s the first movie for many years this absolute BIG in every way.

  • @thedofflin
    @thedofflin 2 місяці тому

    This makes so much sense now

  • @charlesmiller6281
    @charlesmiller6281 10 місяців тому +1

    Seen it twice in 70mm. Magnificent movie. Dune is awfully good as well.

  • @glenntanaka3601
    @glenntanaka3601 2 роки тому +1

    this movie had such incredible cinematography ... check out the train explosion clip at 00:50 as an example

  • @halcyo
    @halcyo 2 місяці тому

    Dune is my favorite novel of all time. Lawrence Of Arabia is my pick for best film of all time. Obviously not a coincidence.

  • @rhineriversurf5594
    @rhineriversurf5594 2 роки тому

    So Lucky Lawrence was the first movie I saw in my life when I was a kid. Although it had cruel scenes to a young person, it’s aesthetics changed my life.

  • @lukeskywalker7906
    @lukeskywalker7906 2 місяці тому

    I watched Lawrence of Arabia after this video and I would say, "IT'S EPIC!".

  • @Cinemallennials
    @Cinemallennials 2 роки тому +1

    One of the first shots in DUNE is a reference to this scene 0:56 and I went crazy!

  • @SamBrickell
    @SamBrickell 2 роки тому +1

    It's a movie that took it's fucking time... Beautiful.

  • @65g4
    @65g4 2 роки тому

    I love Lawrence Of Arabia havent had the privelage of seeing it in the theatre yet. However i do have a big screen tv at home with surrond sound.

  • @adrianslair9656
    @adrianslair9656 2 роки тому +9

    Was born to bring Dune to the screen

  • @user-et9hm5vn9h
    @user-et9hm5vn9h Рік тому +4

    للمرة الأولى أجد غربي يتكلم عننا بإحترام نحن أهل الجزيرة العربية شعب مكروه جداً في الغرب ، نحن العرب نحبك أيضاً يا دينيس و نحن سعيدين بأن مخرج عظيم مثلك يهتم ببلادنا و شعبنا و ثقافتنا و أيضاً لقد كان فيلمك كثيب رائعاً⁦ ❤:)⁩

    • @hulking_presence
      @hulking_presence 2 місяці тому

      Denounce the death cult and baptize if you dislike being hated.

  • @bobsingh7949
    @bobsingh7949 Місяць тому

    i have no arguement with Denis' understanding and praise for this film.
    How many people's longing for desert started with this movie?
    I think mine did. And i need to satisfy that longing and do some kind of adventure in a classic desert: Sahara, Namibia, Gobi, Talamakan.

  • @mjhmn
    @mjhmn 2 роки тому

    perfect commentary

  • @BrexerBlue
    @BrexerBlue 2 роки тому

    A great film, and a very good book 🙂

  • @davincerica7232
    @davincerica7232 2 роки тому

    I didn't have high expectations for Lawrence of Arabia, but the movie just blew my mind, 10/10

  • @user-ds6ov8jr5n
    @user-ds6ov8jr5n 2 місяці тому

    My best movie.

  • @brianlove6175
    @brianlove6175 2 роки тому

    One of the greatest films evermade

  • @williamewing5509
    @williamewing5509 2 роки тому +1

    I have got movie DVDS of Peter O'Toole with Anthony Quinn and Omar Sharif in Lawrence Of Arabia and with Sian Williams in Murphy's War and I am dedicating these movie DVDS to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester from Billyx

  • @inigotaylor9401
    @inigotaylor9401 2 роки тому

    the reverence he has for Lawrence of Arabia makes me very excited for dune

  • @chrishooge3442
    @chrishooge3442 2 роки тому

    Yes. Just Yes.