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Rowing of the Galley Slaves

Brand: Ben-Hur · Agency: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer · Year: 1959 · Category: scenes · Medium: video

Letterboxed frame with heavy black bars top and bottom. Dim, warm low-key light picks out rows of shirtless, sweat-sheened oarsmen packed into a galley hold, skin ruddy against deep shadow. A bearded man (Charlton Heston) sits centre, jaw set, staring forward, other rowers receding into darkness on either side. Tight, claustrophobic composition.

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