Cinema Cycle - Joan of Arc

CINEMA CYCLE

(Cardio Workout And Reviewing Movies At The Same Time)

DATE REVIEWED: 10/25/2017

TITLE:. Joan of Arc

FORMAT: Laserdisc

TIME RIDDEN / FILM LENGTH: 100 minutes

DISTANCE RIDDEN WHILE VIEWING: 23.3 miles

TOTAL CINEMA MILES LOGGED: 7793.8 miles

SYNOPSIS: The life and death of Joan of Arc is documented.

CONCEPT IN RELATION TO THE VIEWER: The French have the best looking martyrs.  A strange epic.

PROS AND CONS:  An interesting film, more so for all the wrong reasons.  It is meant to be an epic on par with Gone with the Wind, and was even directed by the same man, Victor Fleming.  

But this comes off almost as a documentary, with a lot of Ingrid Bergman giving loooong impassioned speeches.  And, we sort of know how this all ends.  

That said, the production scale here approaches epic in some scenes, especially with the lavish matte painted scenes.  

To read an overview of this project, check out this status posting.  

This film is a part of my LaserDisc Collection.

Clicking on the title will take you to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry for this film. 

This film was viewed while exercising on my recumbent cycle.  A summary of my time spent working out on my journey through movie-land can be found on Strava.com.