Why Lawrence of Arabia still looks like a million bucks

Probably my all time favorite movie allowing for the different moods it's always going to be on my top three


very John Ford-esq with the cinematography

This and Dr. Zhivago are two of the most beautifully photographed films ever made.

He does mention how Lean drew on The Searchers for LOA

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Peter O’Toole as Lawrence is still the best acting performance in history. I know he was in a few films before Lawrence, but that has to be the single greatest breakout role of any actor ever.

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While I agree it was a great performance, I'm honestly not sure that was the best performance in the film.



Everyone was fantastic. Sir Alec, Quinn, Hawkins, Ferrer, Sharif, Quayle, Rains

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This and Dr. Zhivago are two of the most beautifully photographed films ever made.

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They're way up there, and LOA has a legit case. But I was always much more drawn to the naturalistic looks of Days of Heaven, Tree of Life, and of course.... Barry Lyndon (which I consider the best looking film ever made).

Lean, though, always had such a great photographic eye . Just look at the framing and lighting of the opening shot of Brief Encounter, which was early in his career and a shoestring compared to something like LOA. He would have been a world class stills photographer.