Thursday, October 29, 2015
Black gold
There is nothing like and epic film or half epic to shake the dust off.
This is an old favorite.
with heartthrob Tahir Rahim and Anthony Banderas who used to be a heartthrob although he is still pretty good.
This is about the discovery of oil in the Arab desert and its impact on the people who live there.
Rahim is a western educated son of a Sheik so he gets to take over just as the scientific complications start. Banderas is a tool of the white man who wants to exploit the Arab.
And so on.
Wide desert sweeps, lots of horses, a few interesting sidelights like a marriage. Not much good happens in tents because you really cannot see it. Too dark.
There is a little love interest but mostly it is my man Rahim. I will not play all his films now just a few for fun.
It is in our collection but not because it is gay. It is just a cracking good epic movie to watch even on a computer screen.
It is an old fashioned "big picture" and succeeds for the most part.
Labels: films
