Saturday, February 7, 2009

Lawrence of Arabia

What other movie in the long history of movies opens with a scene in which the eponymous hero crashes his motorcycle into a tree and explodes?

None. Chariots of Fire tried, but the formula doesn't work for runners. Great movie, obviously, but fun too. Long, but in a good way--Sonny Rollins long, not never ending Lionel Hampton on his xylophone long. Really, who plays a xylophone?

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