Lawrence Of Arabia Analysis

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“Lawrence of Arabia” is an adventure movie which tells us the story of an individual T.E. Lawrence (Peter O 'Toole) an unconventional British army officer who is serving as a minor staff officer in Cairo during World War I, General Murray (Donald Wolfit), the commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, is convinced by Dryden (Claude Rains), the slippery chief of the Arab Bureau, to post Lawrence, who has knowledge of Arab culture from his pre-war visits to the region, as a liaison officer to forces of the faltering Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire, led by Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness). Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate epic/adventure movie also the film is greater scope and cinematography. The Lawrence of Arabia is the first movie …show more content…

The story itself still maintains relevance as it shows the factional nature of the middle east who 's countryman are able to unite during war against a common enemy but can 't keep it together while at …show more content…

All the conventional elements of the genre are at peaks of excellence here. The stretch desert with its white golden sands, peril, anywhere and everywhere, danger–for Lawrence of Arabia is a film about guerrilla warfare, prowess–Lawrence crosses Sinai on foot, physical torture–Lawrence in the hands of the Turkish bey, impossible mission– Lawrence takes the seaport of Jordan from behind; ruthlessness–Lawrence shouting 'take no prisoners ' leading his men to put to death a Turkish column.
I wouldn 't say Lawrence of Arabia is sad entirely, there 's just one depressing scene. But it is not happy either. It is all fully realistic and we have characters and situations where we can be proud of. The movie succeeds in everything it tries to get across, which is more than enough. Literally everything this movie has is perfection. The story perfectly captures the real time events of World War 1 and Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish