The great Charlton Heston passed away over the weekend. He will be missed.If there's any genre that I will forever remember Charlton Heston for, it's in fantasy and science fiction. "Planet of the Apes", "Soylent Green", "Omega Man"... but to these I would also add "Ten Commandments" and "Ben-Hur", surely ranking among the best of fantasy films despite their origins.
I cried during the leper colony scene of "Ben-Hur". No actor can get me to do that with just a gesture (Judah Ben-Hur clinging against the rock, hiding from his mother and sister.) Awesome!
His films will always be with us.
Charlton Heston died of complications from Alzheimers. He was 84.
I was very surprised to hear about his passing...because I honestly thought he had already died. I liked a lot of the movies he was in.
ReplyDeleteQuote from "Omega Man" -- "Are you God?"
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I didn't know ... But I will always remember the Ten Commandments. We used to watch it every Lent of my childhood.
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