![]() For the first time ever, this March 30th, 2021, the film is arriving in the best possible picture quality. Epic in every sense of the word, it’s a film that requires the 4K Ultra HD treatment. The scene is the centerpiece of the entire film, what everything has been working towards, and DeMille lets his story linger there where others may simply reduce it to a brief montage to get to the action of the climactic crossing of the Red Sea. Demille’s motion picture classic, The Ten Commandments released. It’s the exodus scene where countless costumed extras all make their way out of Egypt. (including an Overture and Intermission), that may seem. DeMille's 1956 biblical epic The Ten Commandments starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brenner. DeMilles The Ten Commandments is a masterpiece. The scene that gets the most attention in the film and was arguably the hardest one to pull off are not the plagues or even the famous crossing of the Red Sea. Matt Goldberg reviews the new 4K of Cecil B. The greatest Biblical epic ever made, Cecil B. ![]() Orrison remarks that during The Ten Commandments‘ inevitable Passover TV. In a wholly gratuitous romantic subplot, John Derek plays Joshua, eventually the hero of Deuteronomy and crumbler of Jericho’s walls, woos slave girl Debra Paget with tanned, preening vanity. ![]() For DeMille, he sees this story as one of liberation and freedom more than the sanctity of a religious covenant between God and his people. About halfway through the film, there is an intermission (and the DVD set uses it as the place to go to disc two). The film is also very much a reflection of its time and what it chooses to uphold. ![]() I remember there was an intermission because the movie was so long. It’s a story where God obviously plays a major role, and yet it’s also all the drama that gives the Exodus story its weight like Moses discovering his true parentage, the temptations to stay a Prince of Egypt, and his certainty when he accepts his mission to free the Hebrew slaves and lead them out of captivity. This movie was so long that it featured an intermission in the theaters giving the audience time to buy snacks, make calls, use the facilities, etc. It was a really big deal and my family got all dressed up for the event. It is firmly, unquestioningly drawing out the story of Moses ( Charlton Heston) in such a way as to embrace the story and yet not being particularly preachy in its telling. This kind of distance makes The Ten Commandments a unique experience that’s separate from other studio epics like Lawrence of Arabia and Gone with the Wind. ![]()
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