Ghandi, Lawrence of Arabia, and Mountains of the Moon are three biopics I
believe are unspoken for.
Personally, I loved Ghandi. Ben Kingsley is an extraordinary actor, and
delivered a performance to be admired and emulated.
It would seem to me that Lawrence of Arabia is in its own category. A one
man Napoleon? a usurper of identities and the fates of others. He will
always be an enigma.
Which reminds me of Derek Jacobi's Alan Turing in "Breaking the Code". This
film included Harold Pinter. Not a film, but marvelous--I thought.
As to Mountains of the Moon [Richard Burton of the White Nile, master of
40-60 languages, adopter of identities beyond most of our comprehension, not
to mention a, uhm, philosopher of the mannerisms of the body], well I've
never seen it. Has anyone on the list? From the synopses it did not strike
me as satisfying.
best,
Susanna
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