From Fathom events, a major distributor of opera, theater and other events. It was apparently one of the great triumphs of cinematography of the film era.

I had read about this. The "cinematography' is more-or-less a 'lost art' that is now left to CG.

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it was also filming under conditions of high heat, dust, all sorts of things to mess up the equipment and people.

Huge sets, thousands of extras, all on location and heavy with art.

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