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Title: At the top of its genre
Review: This film is from a fascinating novel by Leon Uris.. It was as good as the mass media got in 1960-61. The scenery is gorgeous, the music is exciting and the young Paul Newman is gorgeous AND exciting! The film raises some interesitng questions: What happened to the desire of the original Israelis to live in harmony with their Arab neighbors? It's worthwhile to examine what time has wrought. A bird's eye view of antisemitism is offered in the dialog of several characters: the American woman (Eva Marie Saint) and the British officer (Peter Lawford), for example. Today we expect more sex, more blood, more dirty words, but for it's time, Exodus told the story well. Perhaps realism isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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