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Okay I think I’m gonna watch Lawrence of Arabia today! Just noticed from the poster that Obi Wan (Alec Guinness) is in it. I don’t recognize any of the other names https://t.co/NYSmcPQ4sp https://t.co/8XtXeXeZnG
Feel like doing a live-tweet of Lawrence of Arabia in preparation for the Dune movie. It’s been on my to-watch list for years but I’ve never been able to bring myself to watch it (almost 4 hours!), this feels like a narrow window of opportunity where the impulse feels stronger
Alright let’s go!! You might wanna mute this thread the motorcycle - I wonder if it’s the inspiration for Naughty Dog intro screens? https://t.co/HdnnZhstp9
(the intro screens I’m thinking of - Uncharted 3 and The Last of Us II particularly) https://t.co/Uah7SDgAZr
Wait the movie literally starts with him going on a bike ride, swerving, and then he ded 😂 wtf. Then it’s flashbacks I guess https://t.co/Nn3AGTpYWR
he does have a certain David Bowie sorta energy https://t.co/cqUWyKQC2n
Sic parvis magna! https://t.co/wiBGAV3ftw
So Lawrence gets pulled out of Cairo, where he’s being a sort of charming weirdo mischievous nuisance, and he’s being sent to find Prince Faisal the Bedouins here seem to be like the Fremen in Dune https://t.co/TXMLDMH0tY
grand and cinematic with rousing music to match https://t.co/DbbJAguV0j
o shit his guide-friend just got pwned “he was nothing, the well is everything, he knew that” https://t.co/QJQgbc0lVl
Oh, Obi-Wan is Prince Faisal 😂 well,,, it was 1962 https://t.co/35bvsP01BK
Make Cordoba Great Again https://t.co/KTYAWp1r0T
So Lawrence comes up with this bold plan to cross a hostile desert with Faisal’s men to strike the Turks(?) And halfway through this treacherous journey when they find some water he stops to soak his feet and read a book lmao https://t.co/gYIazlTMil
One of the men in the convoy, Gasim, is stranded without his camel. leader Ali says he will be dead by midday. Lawrence decides to go back for him - a questionable decision given the circumstances - but he succeeds! Gasim is saved! Why am I emotional? This music is great https://t.co/xk3LA42Vdw
this daring rescue turns him into a hero “for whom nothing is written”. he becomes El Laurence and they even dress him up like a sharif Pretty similar to Dune’s Paul Atreides becoming Muad’Dib https://t.co/m2pYAdF6zM
Lawrence succeeds in brokering an allegiance between his crew of Faisal’s men and a rival tribe - when one of Faisal’s kills one from another. He is forced to execute him to keep the peace - and turns out it’s Gasim, who he saved earlier. Lawrence is troubled, but does it https://t.co/ud1Tibv94o
2 hours in and Lawrence has had a rough ride https://t.co/NwdijTiQuZ
3 hours in and he seems to have lost the taste for revolt. There’s still 40 minutes though...? https://t.co/EOl1u60jEk
madness and bloodlust... Shakespearean https://t.co/27BcWYfxhC
And done! I’m glad I watched it. I can see why it’s a classic and beloved film, especially by filmmakers. Peter Toole’s expressiveness is remarkable. The music is iconic. And now I’m curious to learn about the actual history, and to look up this movies’ influences (both ways) https://t.co/UT4Q3nxP9Y
Tbh it’s worth watching classic films just so you get all the memes and references https://t.co/t440Eo7xas
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