The Ten Commandments - Bilge

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Fri, Apr 14, 2006 11:21 PM I never expected to see the 10 Commandments appear on Tiki Central, but it is timely, as I just read the following excerpt in he latest issue of the N.Y. Review of Books (life beyond tiki .... gazooks!), in an article about Michelangelo. "The story has it that when Cecil De Mille was looking around for a lead in 'The Ten Commandements", he drew a white beard on Charleston Heston's studio photograph, saw the actor's resemblance to Michelangelos's statue, and the rest is cinematic history." personally, I prefered as a youth the movie 'Ben Hur' to 'The Ten Commandements', as it featured both lepers and the amazing Chariot Race. And to make the connection between 10 Commandments and tiki --- here is a segment from a imdb review of an obscure 1970 Heston film -- definitely less known than his religous themed films, or 'Soylent Green' or 'Planet of the Apes' ... "James Michener and his tales of the south seas books presented film makers with many opportunities for grand and spectacular South Pacific extravaganza dramas and even one enchanted musical. THE HAWAIIANS is basically the story of how Charlton Heston started the pineapple industry in Hawaii, with the help of hard working clever Chinese peasants, some of whom were brought into the plantation household for love and 'marriage' and even unfortunately, a spot of leprosy." .... so, in summary, if Michelangelo had not carved his statue of Moses, someone else would have been filmed as a leading figure of the pineapple industry. Vern

I never expected to see the 10 Commandments appear on Tiki Central, but it is timely, as I just read the following excerpt in he latest issue of the N.Y. Review of Books (life beyond tiki .... gazooks!), in an article about Michelangelo.

"The story has it that when Cecil De Mille was looking around for a lead in 'The Ten Commandements", he drew a white beard on Charleston Heston's studio photograph, saw the actor's resemblance to Michelangelos's statue, and the rest is cinematic history."

personally, I prefered as a youth the movie 'Ben Hur' to 'The Ten Commandements', as it featured both lepers and the amazing Chariot Race.

And to make the connection between 10 Commandments and tiki --- here is a segment from a imdb review of an obscure 1970 Heston film -- definitely less known than his religous themed films, or 'Soylent Green' or 'Planet of the Apes' ...

"James Michener and his tales of the south seas books presented film makers with many opportunities for grand and spectacular South Pacific extravaganza dramas and even one enchanted musical. THE HAWAIIANS is basically the story of how Charlton Heston started the pineapple industry in Hawaii, with the help of hard working clever Chinese peasants, some of whom were brought into the plantation household for love and 'marriage' and even unfortunately, a spot of leprosy."

.... so, in summary, if Michelangelo had not carved his statue of Moses, someone else would have been filmed as a leading figure of the pineapple industry.

Vern

Post #226800 by ikitnrev on Fri, Apr 14, 2006 11:21 PM