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Rivalry occurs when people or groups of people compete in a work or personal environment in order to demonstrate a point of view, an ideology or a distinctive quality that leads to achieving a desired goal. It usually occurs for sentimental reasons, comparisons, little attention to anger or resentment, and betrayal. I know that at one time or another we have all had a rival or have been a rival of another person. Th…
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“Epic” is the word that is, for most people, associated with films. This could be dated to the 1950s, when Hollywood, faced with the existential threat of the emerging medium of television, tried to provide audiences with colour, new exciting picture formats, visual splendour, spectacle and other things that could not be enjoyed as black-and-white images on tiny television sets. The result of those efforts was a ser…More
Recently I watched Ben-Hur (1959) for the umpteenth time, meaning, no idea how many times I have watched this film during my life. It is a classic film, with a great cast and crew. What prompted viewing this is an article that popped up on General Lew Wallace, the man who wrote the novel it is based on – Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Reading about Lew Wallace and his prompting to write Ben-Hur intrigued me enough t…More
The classic source The remake source Ben-Hur is a classic movie starring Charlton Heston, released in the year 1959. It is an all-time hit movie that people still love to watch. I grew up hearing my father praise the movie and used to listen to the accounts of the chariot race and how a prince was turned into a slave. It was no less exciting than Arabian nights. Thanks to #cinetv I can now write what I love to write…More