Cecil B DeMille's Cleopatra 1934

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Tonight I screened the Masters of Cinema blu-ray of Cleopatra with Claudette Colbert. WONDERFUL! The sets and camerawork were astonishing. Particularly a shot on Cleopatra's barge where the camera pulls back from the two lovers past dancing girls and galley slaves at oars to a drummer beating out time for the oar strokes. It was a shot that was just as amazing as anything Hitchcock ever pulled off. The costumes and sets were spectacular, with a bit of an art deco touch. The restoration done by UCLA was absolutely perfect with lots of detail and good sound. I haven't looked at the supplements, but they look interesting, particularly one on the Hayes Office. This film came in right under the wire for censorship and boy howdy! there's an awful lot of attractive undraped flesh to look at here. Another EU only gem of a blu-ray.