Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Black Gold is already being touted as a Lawrence of Arabia and There Will Be Blood hybrid and its easy to see why. Shot on location in the Sahara Desert, with a script based on the book South of the Heart: A Novel of Modern Arabia, by Hans Ruesch, the film stars Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Freida Pinto, and Tahar Rahim.
Being a fan of both movies, I personally cannot wait to see this movie on the big screen. The scope, visuals, music, historical significance, and Antonio Banderas’ performance has already sold and then you add the There Will Be Blood aspect which almost carries the same weight as Lawrence of Arabia. The only real difference between the two is that Lawrence of Arabia is on a much larger scale than that of There Will Be Blood in terms of scope and visuals.