Peter O’Toole, RIP — & that goes for TE Lawrence and OB Laden, too
[ by Charles Cameron — farewell to a great actor, also some curious related videos ]
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So Peter O’Toole is no longer among us. Film-makers and actors routinely bring three dimensions out of the two-dimensional silver screen, but O’Toole had the gift to show us more dimensions than most, so I thought a small tribute might be in place.
As a Brit with an interest in the local strain of theology, O’Toole’s role as King Henry II in Peter Glenville‘s film adaptation of Jean Anouilh‘s Becket was an obvious choice…
But then, you know, there’s also TE Lawrence, who ties into the fascination hereabouts with strategy, and with the Middle East, and my being a Brit again — so I went looking for a decent clip from David Lean’s “Lawrence of Arabia”, and found…
I mean, why?
Lawrence of Arabia didn’t look at all like that, we all know what he looked like, he looked like this:
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I’ve been posting about these exceedingly curious YouTube videos meshing bin Laden imagery with great classical music for a while now [see here and here], and wondering what on earth they might mean. I ran across some more of them recently — if the topic is still of interest, let me know, and I’ll post something on my more recent finds.
December 16th, 2013 at 9:53 pm
You forgot the death of Billy Jack aka Tom Laughlin at age 82.
http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/showthread.php?t=19657
December 17th, 2013 at 2:55 pm
Ever see The Ruling Class? Terrific film.
December 18th, 2013 at 4:48 pm
Indeed, Bryan, although Stunt Man is probably still my all time personal favorite.