A friend raving about it got me to go see the 1989 reissue, and I was similarly overwhelmed/blown-away. The intermission only added to the sense of it being an

A friend raving about it got me to go see the 1989 reissue, and I was similarly overwhelmed/blown-away. The intermission only added to the sense of it being an event. Last year, I dragged friends of mine to see it in the theater. They, too, were amazed. Now, we've been reading up on those times. The reading list, so far: 'Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East', Soctt Anderson 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', T.E. Lawrence 'A Peace to End All Peace', David Fromkin