tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5161637385294744810.post1483982123180416631..comments2024-02-24T04:06:50.811-05:00Comments on The Most Beautiful Fraud in the World: The Strange Greatness of Howard Hawks' Land of the PharaohsKevyn Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17840497589713234794noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5161637385294744810.post-25063328490231076972012-04-25T03:17:49.554-04:002012-04-25T03:17:49.554-04:00So good topic really i like any post talking about...So good topic really i like any post talking about <a href="http://www.ancient-egypt.info/" rel="nofollow"> Ancient Egypt</a> but i want to say thing to u Ancient Egypt not that only ... you can see in Ancient Egypt <a href="http://www.ancient-egypt.info/p/ancient-egyptian-god-and-goddess-map.html" rel="nofollow"> Ancient Egyptian Godas and Goddess</a> and more , you shall search in Google and Wikipedia about that .... thanks a gain ,,,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5161637385294744810.post-44890030664199249162011-01-04T12:03:35.747-05:002011-01-04T12:03:35.747-05:00Glad to know another Hawksian.
I love the wide sh...Glad to know another Hawksian.<br /><br />I love the wide shots and the shots of the pyramid building - great stuff indeed.Kevyn Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17840497589713234794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5161637385294744810.post-14309925897583107012011-01-04T10:59:59.059-05:002011-01-04T10:59:59.059-05:00The best part of this film is all the loving shots...The best part of this film is all the loving shots of pyramid construction in action - and then the wonderful finale in which all that meticulous work pays off in the engineering marvel of the sand trap. I think it takes a real Hawksian to appreciate the film's pleasure; Hawks is the greatest Hollywood auteur in my opinion, too, and thus even lesser films like <i>Land of the Pharoahs</i> can be appealing in their weird, minor ways. For all the melodrama and ridiculousness in the film, Hawks seems to be almost uninterested in the human affairs, working more on an abstract, epic scale, cramming all those extras into the frame and using more wide shots than ever before or after. It's a unique film in Hawks' oeuvre, his stab at a genre that arguably isn't naturally suited to his talents or interests, but he makes it interesting anyway.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.com