Has anyone seen the promotional posters that have been cropping up for
Black Gold
(out December 1)?
With mystical illustrated faces of the lead cast (Tahar Rahim, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto and Mark Strong) emerging exotically out of the sand dunes, it's clear they're attempting to evoke feelings of the classic film posters of the 1960s, the likes of
Doctor Zhivago
,
Cleopatra
and, of course,
Lawrence of Arabia
. But is
Black Gold
anywhere near the last major epic to be filmed in the region? Well, no. But it's not terrible. Expect a full review in the paper next week.
UPDATE: Review is
