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Valley of the Kings

	Valley of the Kings
	by MGM (Warner) Sales Rank: 19660 Price: $19.98

<br /> Hier le 12 Avril 2006, La t?l?vision fran?aise FR3 ? diffu? <br /> <br /> la vall?e des rois et ce film n'a pas pris une ride!! <br /> <br /> Au contraire, je l'ai trouv? tr?s d'actualit?!!! tant dans le <br /> <br /> dialogue ( parler moderne) mise en sc?ne, l'intrigue et le jeu <br /> <br />des deux protagonistes: Le magnifique Robert Taylor tr?s vrai, tr?s sobre tr?s m?le! et El?anor Parker pleine de sensibilit?. <br /> <br />Ce film a s?duit tous les sp?ctateurs; et, je puis dire que tous les nouveaux dvd d'aventure qui sortent sur le march? sont LOIN <br /> <br />TRES LOIN DERRIERE LA VALLEE DES ROIS. <br /> <br />Pourquoi direz-vous? Tout simplement parcequ'il n'y a qu'un seul <br /> <br />ROBERT TAYLOR, et que l'?poque du Golden ?ge est une v?ritable culture! <br /> <br />Ce film est l'un des meilleurs des ann?es 54 et, Robert Taylor y fait une performance hors paire. <br /> <br />C'est pourquoi nous demandons que La Vall?e des Rois sorte en dvd <br /> <br />sous titr? fran?ais/anglais. <br /> <br /> Merci. *Viewer Reviews* Anyone who has been to Egypt immediately recognizes the authenticity of this movie's location shooting, which uses real places throughout to present a nearly perfect 1954 travelogue of the Nile Valley civilization. Especially interesting are the scenes at Abu Simbel and Philae, both of which were moved after the film was shot to higher ground, at new locations that are less authentic and dramatic. Great landmarks are shown here before they were taken apart and placed in modern settings that spoiled the mystery and wonder of these ancient monuments. The original location of Abu Simbel (before the Aswan Dam required its dismantling and removal to an articifical hill built high above the rising waters of Lake Nasser) reveals how phony the new site looks today, with the statues scarred with slice marks and the new cliff face looking like a ride at Disneyland. The hillside above the statues in the movie (which is featured in a major fight scene) looks magical and ancient, like it must have looked when Burkehardt rediscovered it in 1820, or David Roberts painted it a decade later for his wonderful Egyptian portfolio. It's breathtaking. The movie even goes inside the temple, and shows us the wonderful statues of Ramses there. The shots of Philae near Aswan are also historical records, because they show the temples half-covered by water in the lake above the old Aswan dam, a romantic and beautiful scene that was forever changed when the monuments were moved to another island in th river. Most Hollywood movies use Egyptian sites as backdrops, and edit their stories so that characaters walk out of one ruin and into another 50 miles away without explanation (see Death on the Nile). Valley of the Kings not only films on site, but moves the story around the monuments in a realistic way that looks just like the real place. The scene shot in Luxor Temple is a prime example, showing the characters walking around the columns beside the river in the moonlight that reminds me of my visit there. The fighting scene filmed at Abu Simbel uses few special effects, and provides camera angles of the statues that tourists could never see at the site. It reminds me of the famous scene with Cary Grant on Mt. Rushmore in North by Northwest, filmed five years later in 1959. Did Hitchcock get his inspiraction from this 1954 scene on Abu Simbel? Finally, seeing this great film on VHS is a crime, because the full frame presentation chops off the corners of the wonderful location shooting, and reduces an early Cinemanscope masterpeice to a costume drama with much of the scenary off frame. Message to the filmmakers: please issue this marvelous movie on DVD in widescreen format and restore the sound so we can appreciate the historical views of Egyptian locations that no longer exist, and Hollywood at its best. And while you're at it, give us some special features that show how the story was cleverly adapted from chapter 12 of C. W. Ceram's classic work on archeaology, "Gods, Graves and Scholars," and how Eleanor Parker kept her hat on during the sandstorm. Back To Top
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