The Title Speaks for Itself
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
directed by Cecil B. DeMille
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from B. Sweet
"Bloated" is so synonymous with the Oscars that the floundering galleon of gold men can't contain enough overlong epics already saturated with too much heavy-handed praise (or else the same reactionary dismissal). Make it an ark and take it to the circus, and how could it possibly float? But The Greatest Show on Earth floats, as if DeMille really cared about his audience more than his Spectacle (and what does the Bob Hope/Bing Crosby cameo say if not that?). I am most impressed by Technicolor when I am not expecting to be, I am always impressed by Jimmy Stewart as a homicidal doctor in clown makeup, and my surprise at Charlton Heston as Indiana Jones goes a long way in explaining why Steven Spielberg was as good as he was for so long. First impressions mean a lot.
I'll be it's been at least ten years since Spielberg's seen this.
directed by Cecil B. DeMille
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from B. Sweet
"Bloated" is so synonymous with the Oscars that the floundering galleon of gold men can't contain enough overlong epics already saturated with too much heavy-handed praise (or else the same reactionary dismissal). Make it an ark and take it to the circus, and how could it possibly float? But The Greatest Show on Earth floats, as if DeMille really cared about his audience more than his Spectacle (and what does the Bob Hope/Bing Crosby cameo say if not that?). I am most impressed by Technicolor when I am not expecting to be, I am always impressed by Jimmy Stewart as a homicidal doctor in clown makeup, and my surprise at Charlton Heston as Indiana Jones goes a long way in explaining why Steven Spielberg was as good as he was for so long. First impressions mean a lot.
I'll be it's been at least ten years since Spielberg's seen this.
posted by NPK at 8:16 AM
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