Posted on 11/27/2018 4:03:00 PM PST by vannrox
According to Wikipedia, that effect was accomplished differently.
“The parting of the Red Sea was considered the most difficult special effect ever performed up to that time.[37] This effect took about six months of VistaVision filming, and combined scenes shot on the shores of the Red Sea in Egypt, with scenes filmed at Paramount Studios in Hollywood of a huge water tank split by a U-shaped trough, into which approximately 360,000 gallons of water were released from the sides, as well as the filming of a giant waterfall also built on the Paramount backlot to create the effect of the walls of the parted sea out of the turbulent backwash.[38] All of the multiple elements of the shot were then combined in Paul Lerpae’s optical printer, and matte paintings of rocks by Jan Domela concealed the matte lines between the real elements and the special effects elements.[39] “
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ten_Commandments_(1956_film)
Interesting. I saw a documentary which said the Niagara Falls thingy
My favorite scene is when Moses is in the mud pit when an old man collapses. The old man says he regrets dying without God answering his prayer to see the face of the Deliverer before he dies. Moses asks who is this Deliverer of whom he speaks, and then the soldier says "You!"
A clever bit of juxtaposition writing.
-PJ
that is not in The Ten Commandments. That is in Ben Hur, also starring Charlton Heston. Thudd!
The Passion of the Christ was heart-rending. I saw it in the theater and it was stunning. I have only seen it once because it is just too distressing to watch again (for me anyway). I understand why Mel made it that way, and it was a very IMPORTANT movie. But it was certainly NOT “entertaining”.
The 10 Commandments is a “movie-movie” and can be watched again and again. They are two totally different kinds of movies, and I really can’t compare them.
Just my very humble opinion. Your taste may differ.
When I saw this for the first time in the late 1960s, I noticed you could see where the film had been spliced to create several special effects. I noticed that the HD release no longer has these slight off colored gaps.
Same for THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH.
When Moses is about to part the Red Sea and the winds kick up, there is a brief shot of three girls (in those days women 18-25 were known as girls) watching with awe and anguish at the titanic event unfolding before their eyes. Nice touch.
And the children describing what is happening to their blind grandfather who says, “God splits the sea with a blast from his nostrils!”
No other movie like it as Ramses confesses “His god...IS God!”
Whoa! So sorry!
A lot of people get their only knowledge of religion from movies, and this is one. They wonder why Moses was so angry when he threw down the tablets and “broke” the Law, as the people had not yet received the Law.
In the Bible, the Law is given verbally to the people in Exodus 20.
The tablets made and destroyed in chapter 32.
TC was great but Ben Hur was better. The two back to back make a powerful combination. Martha Scott played Heston’s mom in both movies.
Just yesterday, I had looked up the equivalent phrase in Hebrew to "Dream On", meaning 'what are the odds, get real'. Turns out it is "You are living in a movie."
Indeed. Movies are more real than anyone can imagine. 1.21 gigawatts, the whole bit.
Luke 17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
"Save the clock tower." It was stopped at 10:04.
Exo. 10.4. Else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow will I bring the locusts into your border:
The 11th commandment: Thow shall not vote for an abortionist.
I like the 1923 version, which was also directed and produced by Cecil De Mille but which is considerably different. After briefly recounting the biblical story, the greater part of the film relates the Ten Commandments to a story set in modern times.
I saw it in the theater at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles in the 1980’s, and it was accompanied by a theater organist who had worked at his profession since the silent movie era and was so familiar with the film that he didn’t need sheet music.
My ABSOLUTE FAVORITE movie of all time.
How on earth did they turn N Falls upside down? Must have cost a fortune!
No worries. I love both those movies.
It was all about Good Friday.
Good for us but not for HIM.
One of the ten best ever made.
Of Course.
Niagara Falls! Slowly I turned...
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