Tuesday, May 24, 2005
The Ten commandments　
The director is Cecil B. de Mille. This film is remake that he made in1923. So he made "The Ten Commandments" twice! And this made in 1957. This film was spent for 10 years to make it. The cost is 13 million and 5 hundred thousand dollars in that years. The background of it is the Exodus and other Holy bible. The main cast are Charlton Heston as Moses, Yul Brynner as Ramses II, Anne Baxter as Nefretiri.
My first impression of this film is that it shows many people's feelings well, for instance Nefretiri' jealousy. She is Moses's lover in past and become Ramses's wife. She loves Moses so much but she hates Ramses. But it's not only these two feelings in her mind. This point could be caught many feeling by each person variously. I think she is a person who can live in love for Moses. But she notice the change of his mind and she has hate on Moses because her love is much deeper than his love. So she has the feeling that similar to jealousy because of her strong love for Moses. It shows each person's human nature well. So I can image many aspect on the characters.
And I have a doubt on the filming. Many people have the same question probably. Do you remember the scene of the break of the Red Sea? It was used supecial effects but that years CG was no exist! Almost all of films are used CG and other techniques recently. It's usual for recent films but "The Ten Commandments" was produced before a half of century! It's great to make these scenes with techniques in that years. I would like to know how to make this scene. Do you have any idea about the way of filming?
My friends said"This film is so long." Yes, it takes 228 minutes. But I didn't feel so long to see it because I really like a this kind of film. I enjoyed it so much. I can't believe that it produced before a half of century. I was surprised in the great picture, actor's performance, story, building, number of actor and so on.
These days I saw other two films. I will write about "Ben Hur" and "The Message" in this blog. But this film is my favorite one.
My first impression of this film is that it shows many people's feelings well, for instance Nefretiri' jealousy. She is Moses's lover in past and become Ramses's wife. She loves Moses so much but she hates Ramses. But it's not only these two feelings in her mind. This point could be caught many feeling by each person variously. I think she is a person who can live in love for Moses. But she notice the change of his mind and she has hate on Moses because her love is much deeper than his love. So she has the feeling that similar to jealousy because of her strong love for Moses. It shows each person's human nature well. So I can image many aspect on the characters.
And I have a doubt on the filming. Many people have the same question probably. Do you remember the scene of the break of the Red Sea? It was used supecial effects but that years CG was no exist! Almost all of films are used CG and other techniques recently. It's usual for recent films but "The Ten Commandments" was produced before a half of century! It's great to make these scenes with techniques in that years. I would like to know how to make this scene. Do you have any idea about the way of filming?
My friends said"This film is so long." Yes, it takes 228 minutes. But I didn't feel so long to see it because I really like a this kind of film. I enjoyed it so much. I can't believe that it produced before a half of century. I was surprised in the great picture, actor's performance, story, building, number of actor and so on.
These days I saw other two films. I will write about "Ben Hur" and "The Message" in this blog. But this film is my favorite one.
// posted by mei @ 4:12 PM 
