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December 19, 2004
Ishtar Gate Video
Susanne and I went to see the movie Alexander the Great this weekend, knowing full well that it's supposed to be one of the worst epics ever made. In this regard, the film did not disappoint; it's giving us fodder for days of conversation on the hundreds of egregious missteps that Oliver Stone made in this trainwreck of a film.
Having said that, we were pleasantly surprised to see his depiction of Babylon and its famous Ishtar Gate: the souring blue-tiled gate leading to the heart of the Babylonian palace. Some of you may not know that the gate still exists, reconstructed in spectacular fashion in Berlin's Pergamon Museum. Here's a video of Ishtar Gate I took last month during my trip to Berlin. You can see Susanne at the beginning of the clip, gazing up at the gate. -andy
Posted by acarvin at December 19, 2004 10:24 PM
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