Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!sri-unix!mclure@SRI-UNIX.ARPA From: mclure@SRI-UNIX.ARPA Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: David Lean, Robert Bolt Message-ID: <12662@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 03:08:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12662 Posted: Thu Oct 4 03:08:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Oct-84 06:49:28 EDT Lines: 18 Does anyone else know more about this Robert Bolt fellow? I have been intrigued by his screenplays and in particular his written dialogues in Lawrence of Arabia. The choice of words is most peculiar. I know that he also did A Man For All Seasons, but it has been years since I saw that so I don't know if the dialogue is as unusual there. The dialogue is very clipped and terse. One gets the feeling that there is a lot more hidden behind it than just these simple words. The speech is almost Biblical in style. I don't know if Lean (director) and Bolt collaborated on anything else. Stuart