Movies
November, 1966
When it comes to filming the Bible, one picture is not worth ten thousand words; in fact, it takes a good many frames to equal a dozen. But director John Huston has done better than most film makers who have ventured into this alluring domain, resorting to little extravagance and less sentimentality. The Bible, in Christopher Fry's screenplay, spans the first 22 chapters of Genesis in just under three hours and breaks up into three main segments: Adam and Eve from Eden to Cain's fratricide; Noah...
