Good report, man. Thank you!

The tv show will always be better

Fantastic list and amazing movies. Can't count anymore how often I watched "Wonderful Life" and "Liberty Valence". They never get old. Same goes for "Tora, Tora, Tora" and "Space Odyssey". Here are some possible candidates for 2025: "We are no Angels" - Bogart, Ustinov and Ray (oh, and little Adolphe) "The War Waggon" - John Wayne & Kirk Douglas at their best. "The Black Tulip" - Young Alain Delon in a double role. "El Dorado" & "Rio Bravo" "Birdman of Alcatraz" - Burt Lancaster is amazing (as always)

Sorcerer and High and Low, two of my favourite films ever.

Great list. I envy you in that some you'd never seen before and could enjoy for the first time. You mentioned the actors in almost all the movies. But not Mel Gibson in Gallipoli. Did you think it wasn't necessary? Or... did you not notice? Some people aren't great at faces.

14:54 for this she actually got recasted by Karen strassman as casca in the berserk franchise

9:16 Brina voices touka Amanda voice Alita

9:03 vic and Monica we already Funimation voice actors

4:58 I’m very glad the show got. It’s an animated film.

Great video on one of the best movies ever made!

I just watched your analysis of War&Peace and this one. You do outstanding work and research, but please work on your delivery. Even Perun is not as monotone as you are and is, in fact, more interesting to listen to, despite all of his work being effectively a glorified PP presentation. Makes it really hard to focus on what you're actually saying without losing focus.

If the Siberian solders didn't like wearing Kilts, why didn't they employ actual Scots from the Gorbals. No doubt they would have been happy with a paper bag.

He might not have a great accent here But to be fair Sean Connery is the only one here who legitimately worked down in mines before becoming an actor.

Thank you for this great analysis!

Did anyone else watch this movie with the hope that Napoleon would be victorious?

An earlier film, probably in Black and white and with a much smaller budget, would not have done justice to the subject matter. It needed the epic approach possible in the sixties when films had to offer something spectacular to compete with TV.

I think the style change wasn't the best idea. It was solid, and the changes made it more alien to fans. Still love both, but they dont mesh.

Brilliantly done video essay, thank you so much for your insights! Bondarchuk’s War and Peace has literally been on my watchlist for decades, going all the way back to when I would have had to rent the movie on VHS tape. Finally got into the right mood (and with enough spare time) to watch it recently. It is indeed an awe-inspiring masterpiece that will never be duplicated using practical effects. One point of contention with your analysis is on the casting, however- the idea that Bondarchuk was “a bit too old” for Pierre is absurd; he was a LOT too old. In fact, he was literally twice the age that Pierre is supposed to be. To make it worse, Irina Skobtseva was also about twice as old as Hélène was supposed to have been. This might work in their scenes together in that they appear to be the right ages for each other, but when referring back to Tolstoy, it becomes obvious how miscast they are. Additionally, considering Bondarchuk’s hatred for Audrey Hepburn’s portrayal of Natasha, and with all due credit for Lyudmila Saveleva’s characterization which was much more faithful to the original work, Bondarchuk seems to have gone out of his way to cast someone that literally could have been Hepburn’s stand-in for long shots, given the almost perfect physical and facial similarities. I suppose that may have been in recognition of the Soviet public’s love for Hepburn?

When Brits talk about Stalin or the Soviet Union, I consider it ramblings of a crazy homeless person. Go lick Thatcher's tombstone or something. Stalin has written a personal critique on many movies in the Soviet Union. None of the negative things he wrote about are changed in these movies to this day. Which warrants the conclusion of no pre or post edits at the personal leisure of Stalin.

Excellent research on the ultimate movie... thank you.

nice

16:59 honestly I’m par for the course on Kraven the Hunter.

I like Plummer's portrayal of Wellington. It made me wonder if Wellington was like that in real life.

Seriously want to watch the screen test of Finney

Thank you for a truly epic documentary on the greatest film ever made. I’m a filmmaker myself and have studied Lean’s work before, but not at the level that you have presented. Bravo

My favourite film, such scale is amazing to behold!

Russians when they see war and peace: “this is great. Lets upscale this movie”

Underrated movie the scale of it is much bigger then Waterloo

God, what passion and hard work David Lean and his team put into 'Lawrence of Arabia', no wonder even after 65 yrs of its release, 'Lawrence of Arabia' stays as one of the greatest films ever made, as it keeps inspiring young filmmakers and audiences across the world!

Arguably the greatest movie ever made.

There is a huge difference of look between crap cgi and the way this man did these movies.....absolutely beautiful

This video deserves much more attentions, such a well inquired and considerately examined essay. I thought it was going to make numbers when I watched it two weeks ago and can't believe it hasn't even made up to 1000 views yet... Really hope it blows up! Also, I gotta watch Robbery soon enough, I always thought both Bullitt and The Friends of Eddie Coyle are amazing films but never bothered to check out their prototype. I really should check that out asap.

Appreciate your huge and enormous effort in making this video. By far the most complete, detailed and coherent material about the film on this platform... Hope you get more viewers soon!!

I live in the Anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania, where the Molly Maguires were from. I also had a 3rd grade field trip to Eckley miners village, where the movie from filmed. Coal mining is what this area was built on.

Both part 1 and 2 are my favorite movie reviews/coverage EVER I love what you have done and thank you for your work.

I first saw Lawrence Of Arabia on the big screen in its premiere year when I was 18. It's still one of the driving inspirations of my life 60 years later.

Void my man. Love your works, thank you for introducing me to a director I have never heard about but you gotta make a more enticing video title like your Insane Production series. I slept on this video for almost 2 weeks before I realized it is yours!

Holly wood can probably do the same thing if they don’t pay millions of dollars for a couple of obsolete actors. They should just find random folks who fit the role, and use most of the budget on thousands of extras. They have the money to do this.

Watched the film in Cardiff two parter... thrilled at the realistic scenes...noce to know how many classic films are on KZbin

Watched the film while on holiday in Jersey...Fantastic film....

Ba'les?

The best money can buy

This is an incredible review of how the movie was made. Thank you!

Great stuff!

Great video and Great info, need to check some of these out

A labour of love, congratulations. Interesting history, well presented.

Hey i didn't watch the movie, is it a sequel of the series?

How does this video not have more views, it's a genuinely really good video about Eva's dub history. I even had to rewatch it after getting my collector's edition DVD due to Kawaru's voice not quite lining up with how I remember it from a video I saw of the OG dub. This really deserves a lot more views than it has.

Adjusted for inflation Lawrence of Arabia cost $146 million in todays money. It looks like it could have been filmed yesterday the picture quality is so amazing!

Thank you for a great introduction to this amazing film.