Nutty, the silent version was on TCM last Sunday night. Sadly, our TiVo decided to record something else.
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'Potential'
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Fred Pete - Mar 25, 2005 5:33:10 am PST #1262 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Nutty - Mar 25, 2005 5:37:31 am PST #1263 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
But the silent version is not a Gore Vidal extravanganza! Wait, the silent version was the one where someone was killed in the chariot race, right? I suppose that will do, in a pinch. (Not that I get TCM.)
DXMachina - Mar 25, 2005 5:39:07 am PST #1264 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Yahoo TV gives me no listings for Ben Hur over the next 14 days.
Steph L. - Mar 25, 2005 5:39:29 am PST #1265 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
There's a silent version of Ben Hur? Weird.
Vonnie K - Mar 25, 2005 5:42:54 am PST #1266 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Wow. It's been years since I've seen Ben Hur. I suspect it'll be difficult now for me to watch Ben Hur and Messala making eyes at each other and not yell, "Oh, fer fuck's sake. Just shag already!", which may not be strictly in the spirit of Easter, whatever that is.
Thomash - Mar 25, 2005 5:48:45 am PST #1267 of 10002
I have a plan.
Something is afoot at the Circle K.
Fred Pete - Mar 25, 2005 6:11:18 am PST #1268 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Vonnie, the story goes that the actor playing Messala was told to play the character as if he and Ben Hur were former lovers. So, subtext may be a little less sub than usual.
Nutty - Mar 25, 2005 6:16:46 am PST #1269 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I was going to say. Perhaps not in the spirit of Easter, but not exactly a new reading of the work.
When did the silent version come out? Like, 1920 or something, right?
Fred Pete - Mar 25, 2005 6:20:22 am PST #1270 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
TCM showed the 1925 version. Which apparently wasn't the first version made.
Betsy HP - Mar 25, 2005 6:39:30 am PST #1271 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
It's weird. I'm betting it'll (Ben Hur) never get made again -- people don't read the novel any more. Then again, that's true of lots of other remakes.