The Ten Commandments (50th
Anniversary Collection) starring
Theodore Roberts, Charles de
Rochefort, Charlton Heston, Yul
Brynner, Estelle Taylor
A Classic Film That Will Never Die
Legendary silent film director Cecil B. DeMille didnt much alter the way he
made movies after sound came in, and this 1956 biblical drama is proof of
that. While graced with such 1950s niceties as VistaVision and
Technicolor, The Ten Commandments (DeMille had already filmed an
earlier version in 1923) has an anachronistic, impassioned style that finds
lead actors Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner expressively po sing while
hundreds of extras writhe either in the presence of Gods power or from
orgiastic heat. DeMille, as always, plays both sides of the fence as far as
sin goes, surrounding Hestons Moses with worshipful music and heavenly
special effects while also making the sexy action around the cult of the
Golden Calf look like fun. You have to see The Ten Commandments to
understand its peculiar resonance as an old-new movie, complete with
several still-impressive effects such as the parting of the Red Sea. --Tom
Keogh
Its interesting to note that dvd transfers from origional master copies to dts
and or hd dvds digitally remastered that a movie like this, that is 53 years
old, could be remastered into an astonishing clear, sharp image and
outstanding deep, luscious colors and yet newer movies that are digitally
remastered are a huge dissappointment and there is absolutely no reason
for the poor copies done in this age of technology.One does not realize this
until a movie is purchased that it is grainy, fuzzy and poor color saturation.I
have hd dvds that arent as sharp as reg dvds and i have a thirteen foot
diagonal wall screen with a ceiling projector so i especially need a really
good remastered dvd which unfortunately is hard to come by.Even if you
dont care for this type of movie, The Ten Commandments, produced in
1956, you should buy it as its not only a great epic but so beautifully
remastered in every way---it shows that the companies that remaster five,
ten, twenty etc year old movies have no excuse for such poor quality when
compaired to a fifty three year old movie so beautifully remastered.My
digitally remastered, collectors edition of Ben Hur is terrible--poor color,
lacks crispness, etc, is just not there.I have an old VHS copy of Ben Hur
that puts the remastered one to shame--very big dissappointment---we all
need to contact the diff companies to get with the program and start
producing the quality of the extremely poor, sub grade digitally remastered
joke of the lack of quality we are subjected to when we wait with baited
breath to receive our treasured copy of our favourite movies only to be
submitted to such disasters of the so-called re-remastered junk on the
market today.
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