Making A True Story Become A Story: Watching Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

So in my brief life, I have watched a various amount of films, which have included a bunch of classics (mostly musicals), millennial family-films (which hold cringe and toilet humor), and some from one of my favorite genre, the grand epic adventure movies. The size and escapade of them were a big childhood awe to me, and in many ways, still are. But then one gloomy day, roughly about two months ago, I decided to take a break from surfing the Internet out of boredom and watch a classic for a change.
That classic was 1962's Lawrence of Arabia.
Three hours and thirty-six minutes later, you could say I was pretty much blown away by what I'd just seen.
For one, I'd now figured out why so many people, including the great names of Spielberg, Lucas and Scorsese, have praised and even been inspired from it. This was nothing like other films that had come out at its time; it was a huge risk taken by David Lean, the director, who clearly had the big dream stuck in his head to the point…
That classic was 1962's Lawrence of Arabia.
Three hours and thirty-six minutes later, you could say I was pretty much blown away by what I'd just seen.
For one, I'd now figured out why so many people, including the great names of Spielberg, Lucas and Scorsese, have praised and even been inspired from it. This was nothing like other films that had come out at its time; it was a huge risk taken by David Lean, the director, who clearly had the big dream stuck in his head to the point…