A note of disquiet

Rating: 10/10 (24 March 2002)

Someone once wrote that the thing most people remember from the film is the scene where Omar Sharif first approaches Lawrence across the desert. For me, it is the stunning drum introduction in the overture to the film. And yes, the film is brilliant, but the fact that Bolt and Lean merge two separate characters in the film (the man Lawrence rescues from the desert and the one he has to shoot) makes one mistrustful of the film afterwards.