Word: cyclopean
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Resurrection. Among other scenes. Author Levi describes the dark sulphur mines of Lercara, owned by the terrible Cyclopean figure of Signor N. In their underground world, the mine workers have only recently discovered the weapons of the trade union and the strike, and in this "ordinary, normal episode of social struggle," Levi sees something comparatively religious-a kind of resurrection...
Ulysses (Lux; Paramount) brings to the screen the greatest adventure story of the Western world. Visually, the picture could scarcely be better. The camera's Cyclopean eye stares deep into the Minoan age that has come down only in legend and a few tantalizing shards from Peloponnesus and Crete. Misty islands float in a magic wide-screen sea, naiads romp along the water's edge, enchantresses lurk in sacred groves, galleys roll and toss on angry waves conjured up by Poseidon...