"The Bible's most flaming story of transgression ... A tremendous cast of thousands recreate a world of passion and fire!" This kind of overheated advertising blurb (for David and Bathsheba), and the kind of movie it is designed to sell, goaded Britain's leftish-highbrow weekly New Statesman and Nation into inviting its readers to invent puffs for other cinematic possibilities in the Old Testament. Last week Hollywood tittered a little self-consciously at the results:
¶A-Bomb Over Gomorrah. "Drama, terror, lust and the BIGGEST explosion ever shown on the screen . . ."
¶Esther.* "The World's Greatest Cinderella Story, Ripe with the Wisdom...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
