Having watched it twice (with growing dismay) I have to say this film will probably be used by film schools to demonstrate how NOT to make a movie. The acting is, with few exceptions, terrible. Barber-Duffy as Lawrence puts in a wooden and unconvincing performance which is amply demonstrated by his first scene.
May of the scenes are framed so badly they highlight both the inadequacy of both sets and direction. (See for example the scenes where the Head of Intelligence briefs his agents, and the hospital scene later in the film).
Access to Clouds Hill was infamously limited: but why does the Director use the exact same bit of film (Lawrence arriving on his Brough to find the cottage door open), multiple times? It's just so obvious.
The blue-screen scenes which are meant to represent Arabia are simply atrocious. It would have been better not to use them at all.
I find it hard to believe the film has gathered so many awards.
On the positive side, (yes there is one) the Dorset countryside is beautiful and does evoke the landscape around Clouds Hill.
May of the scenes are framed so badly they highlight both the inadequacy of both sets and direction. (See for example the scenes where the Head of Intelligence briefs his agents, and the hospital scene later in the film).
Access to Clouds Hill was infamously limited: but why does the Director use the exact same bit of film (Lawrence arriving on his Brough to find the cottage door open), multiple times? It's just so obvious.
The blue-screen scenes which are meant to represent Arabia are simply atrocious. It would have been better not to use them at all.
I find it hard to believe the film has gathered so many awards.
On the positive side, (yes there is one) the Dorset countryside is beautiful and does evoke the landscape around Clouds Hill.