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Title: Master Filmaker at Work
Review: New Bedford is in Massachusetts, not Connecticut but why carp....John Huston,s "Moby Dick" is worth the viewing. Anyone who would dare to bring this great novel to the screen is certainly to be applauded. All the nuances of Mellville,s saga is almost impossible to depict. John Huston stamps his signature on this wonderfull film with his subtle framing of scenes and , with Oswald Morris, a mix of color and sepia that is "real" for the period. Richard Basehart does a nice job of narration and I must confess that I might watch the film just for seeing Orson Welles deliver that sermon as Father Mapple..it,s pure Welles. Finally, There will be other filmakers that might try their hand at this drama..I dare say that this film is their benchmark...!!
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