If you're like me and enjoy history, film and archaeology, this documentary involves all three! How could I go wrong? And this story is located near my home, in Guadalupe, CA. The filmmaker begins to research the story in 1982! Over the next 30 years, he tries to uncover what happened to Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 set of the Ten Commandments that was built in the Guadalupe sand dunes. The filmmaker's quest ends up becoming a part of the narrative. I loved the local history, the old film footage, and nostalgia. Hearing that 95% of silent films have been lost over time, it seems important to find something from one of the most famous films ever made. Just a fantastic story of perseverance! I hope this gets picked up and shown or distributed somehow. I was lucky to see this at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Review of The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
