Post #3594419
2026-07-05 01:12 UTC
4K! I bought a 4K TV and player this year. I'm really glad I did. So...why bother? Here's a good reason:
"Lawrence of Arabia", a big big film with massive narrative stamina that after 3 hours 47 minutes leaves you sad there isn't any more, has come out in every goddamn home video format there is.
Since Robert Harris restored the film in 1989, I've bought them all, from VHS to Laserdisc to DVD to Blu-ray.
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@SidFudd@4bear.com 2026-07-05 01:15
In the middle of the first half of the film, Lawrence puts his entire mission in jeopardy when, after crossing the Nefud desert—the Sun's Anvil—he risks his life to go back to rescue Gasim, one of his company of raiders, who has fallen off his camel in the night and whom they all presume will be dead from exposure by mid-day. One of Lawrence's manservants, Daud, has decided to wait at the edge of the Nefud, even as the other raiders continue west, in case Lawrence succeeds.