Ben-Hur (1959) w/ Elizabeth Lev
Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast
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Roman Holiday and Frank Capra's Lord of the Rings
He was an amazing director at getting the best performance out of his actors and he was people thought to work with him. This film Ben her 111 Oscars, which is pretty amazing. It's called Ben her a tale of the Christ we can get into how much we think it is actually a tale ofthe Christ or not but it's framed at least with the birth and death of Jesus. So that's the time period within which it's set the main character is this Jewish aristocrat. And where it really shines is the score and the photography which are just some of the most epic western music and epic western photography you'll ever see in a movie.
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