{"id":95945,"date":"2024-04-21T23:47:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T06:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=95945"},"modified":"2024-04-22T00:05:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T07:05:28","slug":"war-lord-the-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=95945","title":{"rendered":"War Lord, The (1965)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ll not give her up; I can&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-95946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Poster.png 622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 11th century Normany, when a knight (Charlton Heston) is sent by his duke to rule over a Flemish village, he soon falls for a beautiful young woman (Rosemar Forsyth) betrothed to the son (James Farentino) of the town leader (Niall MacGinnis), and decides to take advantage of a pagan custom allowing him &#8220;first dibs&#8221; on her &#8212; but will Heston&#8217;s jealous brother (Guy Stockwell) stand for this turn of events?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charlton Heston Films<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Cultural Romance<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Medieval Times<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptation<\/li>\n<li>Richard Boone Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m not quite sure why Peary includes this historical drama &#8212; directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, adapting a 1956 play by Leslie Stevens called <em>The Lovers<\/em> &#8212; in his <em>GFTFF<\/em>. While the production values are fine: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Sword.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Sword-1024x421.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Sword-1024x421.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Sword-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Sword-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Sword-768x316.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Sword-604x248.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Sword.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; the storyline tells us far too little about this period of time in European history, other than focusing on the salacious (and contested) practice of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Droit_du_seigneur\"><em>droit du seigneur<\/em><\/a> &#8212; that is, the &#8220;right&#8221; by feudal lords to sexual conquest of a virgin on her wedding night. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Demons-Masquerade.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Demons-Masquerade-1024x424.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"265\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Demons-Masquerade-1024x424.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Demons-Masquerade-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Demons-Masquerade-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Demons-Masquerade-768x318.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Demons-Masquerade-604x250.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Demons-Masquerade.png 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Heston (sporting perhaps his worst movie hairstyle ever) first meets Forsyth, we&#8217;re meant to applaud him for not automatically violating her:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Meeting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Meeting-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Meeting-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Meeting-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Meeting-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Meeting-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Meeting-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Meeting.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and &#8212; after he feels a repellent buzz when attempting to touch her &#8212; to wonder whether she may have some kind of witchy pagan powers. Indeed, the clash of Christianity with Paganism is the film&#8217;s most intriguing potential theme, but it&#8217;s underdeveloped and seems to mostly serve as a curiosity factor. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding2-1024x430.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding2-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding2-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding2-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding2-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding2.png 1286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding-1024x436.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Wedding.png 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The emergent romance between Heston and Forsyth (whose character is given virtually no personality) doesn&#8217;t go anywhere meaningful, and other supporting characters are equally opaque. There is a lot of medieval fighting and castle defending, if you enjoy that sort of thing: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Burning.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Burning-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Burning-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Burning-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Burning-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Burning-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Burning-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Burning.png 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but otherwise you can feel free to skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vibrant sets and costumes<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Costumes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Costumes-1024x431.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Costumes-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Costumes-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Costumes-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Costumes-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Costumes-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Costumes.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Russell Metty&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Silhouettes2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Silhouettes2-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Silhouettes2-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Silhouettes2-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Silhouettes2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Silhouettes2-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Silhouettes2-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Silhouettes2.png 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Prayer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Prayer-1024x427.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Prayer-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Prayer-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Prayer-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Prayer-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Prayer-604x252.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/War-Lord-Prayer.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see for Heston completists.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059896\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?id=UgBOAAAAIBAJ&#038;sjid=54sDAAAAIBAJ&#038;pg=4605%2C4590444\">Village Voice Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdinfatuation.com\/2017\/08\/2412-war-lord-1965.html\">2500 Movies Challenge <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll not give her up; I can&#8217;t.&#8221; Synopsis: In 11th century Normany, when a knight (Charlton Heston) is sent by his duke to rule over a Flemish village, he soon falls for a beautiful young woman (Rosemar Forsyth) betrothed to the son (James Farentino) of the town leader (Niall MacGinnis), and decides to take advantage of a pagan custom allowing him &#8220;first dibs&#8221; on her &#8212; but will Heston&#8217;s jealous brother (Guy Stockwell) stand for this turn of events? Genres,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=95945\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95945"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95985,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95945\/revisions\/95985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}