The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) is running episode one tonight of the remake of the William Wyler-directed classic film from 1959, Ben Hur. I watched old Ben Hur five years ago and thought it a magnificent movie, again, and on so many levels; including, no surprise, the vastness in scope. Shot in "MGM Camera 65" (65mm 'with an anamorphic squeeze'), it's a monster which just happens to also contain tonnes of emotional content effectively dwarfing anything made today. Emotional content and expansive vistas all at the same time!. Imagine that... wow.But, that is not to devalue Hur Ben, the new. I am busy enough, but it's the kind of event that I can spare two hours to watch... give a chance.
CBC, tonight at 8pm. I'm not sure when the U.S. networks are premiering the show.
(Picture above: Charleton Heston in the great chariot race sequence from 1959's Ben Hur)
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