Land Of The Pharaohs is a treat to be savoured, because it is not often that a film embraces the extremes of the spectrum so comprehensively.
This is not a cheap movie. Production value is all over the screen throughout the running time - sets, costumes, effects, music - every dollar is up there on screen for the audience to see. This is a sumptuous movie, very much in line with the other biblical and pre-biblical era movies which were being made at the time.
And then, divergent by 180 degrees, it is trash. It doesn't think it's trash, of course, it thinks it is a quality piece of work. But, at its heart, is a performance of histrionic trashiness by the High Priestess of trash Joan Collins, and this performance taints all the others by association.
That sounds critical, but it isn't meant to be - Collins' Nellifer is an absolute joy, by far the most entertaining performance in the movie. I recommend this film, but make no mistake, it is high class trash.
This is not a cheap movie. Production value is all over the screen throughout the running time - sets, costumes, effects, music - every dollar is up there on screen for the audience to see. This is a sumptuous movie, very much in line with the other biblical and pre-biblical era movies which were being made at the time.
And then, divergent by 180 degrees, it is trash. It doesn't think it's trash, of course, it thinks it is a quality piece of work. But, at its heart, is a performance of histrionic trashiness by the High Priestess of trash Joan Collins, and this performance taints all the others by association.
That sounds critical, but it isn't meant to be - Collins' Nellifer is an absolute joy, by far the most entertaining performance in the movie. I recommend this film, but make no mistake, it is high class trash.