``Lawrence of Arabia'' The overwhelming visual world that made Spielberg decide to become a director

"Lawrence of Arabia" synopsis

In 1914, World War I broke out, and Arabia was under the tyranny of the Turkish Empire, which was allied with Germany. Britain dispatches Lawrence, a genius strategist, to Arabia in order to disperse the power of the Allied German Army. Lawrence, who became a military advisor to Prince Faisal of the Arab royal family, commands the rebel army using his own guerrilla tactics, along with Ari, the leader of the Harit tribe, and Auda, who is searching for gold, and is hailed as a hero of the desert by the Arab people. It becomes like this. However, he gradually learns that he is being used by the military's upper echelons, and the Arab tribes also betray Lawrence due to inter-tribal conflict.

Index

• A great work that determined the life of a “desert town boy”
• The legend of Lawrence still resonates with universality.
• An amazing bond built by living in a tent in the middle of the desert
• Cast members survived the heat and rode camels
• Gifts from Scorsese and Spielberg

A great work that determined the life of a “desert town boy”

"This was the first movie that really made me want to be a director. At the time, I was living in Phoenix and I was about 13 or 14 years old. I was really blown away." (*1)

That's what Steven Spielberg says. As a boy, he was forced to move frequently due to his parents' work, but discovering this work, ``Lawrence of Arabia'' (62), in Phoenix, Arizona, a city bordering the desert, was a revelation for him. It must have been a moment that even made me want to call it that.

In the film, the main character, Lawrence, played by Peter O'Toole, is asked by a reporter, ``What does the desert mean to you?'' and he answers, ``Unblemished.'' Interestingly, the image Stephen had of the desert was exactly the same.

"Lawrence of Arabia" trailer

From the general image, the desert seems to be a ruthless, unforgiving natural environment, but when you look at it from a more penetrating perspective, its value becomes vividly reversed. In their eyes, their hearts miraculously overlapped, and the "beauty" and "majesty" that go beyond the filter of common sense, as well as the "cleanliness" that cleans away all traces, stand out even more. It must have looked like that.

Spielberg once cited this film as ``one of the films I always watch every time I start working on a new movie.'' It is unknown whether he continues this habit now that he has reached the level of a master, but the reason why he continues to exhibit the same boy-like ``immaculateness'' in his various works no matter how old he is is. , maybe it's somewhere like this.

*1) Cited URL

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/15/movies/lawrence-of-arabia-the-way-it-should-be.html

The legend of Lawrence still resonates with universality.