Heavens open in cinemas

By Ray Edgar
September 1 2012 - 3:00am

IN THE beginning, when silent-film directors looked to the Bible for stories, cinema was a largely formless void. To create the heavens and the Earth, directors such as D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille turned to 19th-century artists such as John Martin and Thomas Cole for guidance.

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