Eliphaz to Job:
“Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right, or is it gain to Him if you make your ways blameless?
Is it for your fear of Him that He reproves you and enters into judgment with you?”
*Excerpt from Job 22: 3-4.
Perhaps, likely, and not sure.
@hilarion777 Only a matter of time before those talked into something so irreversible may come after the specific ones who talked them into such things.
Can only imagine what the times were like during both the 1923 (over a century ago!) and ‘56 version.
Found this though:
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The Ten Commandments (1923) is a silent religious epic directed by Cecil B. DeMille and produced by Famous Players–Lasky Corporation.
It was one of the most expensive silent films of its era, with a budget of $1.5 million, and became a major box-office hit, grossing approximately $4.2 million
The film is structurally divided into two distinct narratives:
The Prologue: A biblical retelling of the Exodus, focusing on Moses, the parting of the Red Sea, and the receiving of the Commandments. This section utilizes the Technicolor process for selected scenes.
The Story: A modern-day melodrama set in the 1920s, following two brothers, John and Dan McTavish, whose contrasting moral choices regarding the Commandments lead to tragic consequences.
Notable production details include the use of thousands of extras, elaborate sets, and special effects like gelatin to simulate water. The film entered the public domain in the United States in 2019. DeMille later directed a sound remake in 1956, which focused exclusively on the biblical prologue.
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The second half in this version was an adjustment phase in narrative for sure.