5/17/2023 0 Comments Nomad land"Where's your Moses now?" brays Dathan in the manner of a Lower East Side gangster. Robinson), are forgetting their religion and behaving like libertines. Meanwhile, the Hebrews, led by the duplicitous Dathan (Edward G. Sinai, who delivers unto him the Ten Commandments. Later, Moses is again confronted by God on Mt. But Moses rescues his people with a little Divine legerdemain by parting the Seas. As the Hebrews reach the Red Sea, they discover that Rameses has gone back on his word and plans to have them all killed. Only after the Deadly Plagues have decimated Egypt does Rameses give in. Banished by his jealous half-brother Rameses (Yul Brynner), Moses returns fully bearded to Pharoah's court, warning that he's had a message from God and that the Egyptians had better free the Hebrews post-haste if they know what's good for them. Moses (Charlton Heston) starts out "in solid" as Pharoah's adopted son (and a whiz at designing pyramids, dispensing such construction-site advice as "Blood makes poor mortar"), but when he discovers his true Hebrew heritage, he attempts to make life easier for his people. The story relates the life of Moses, from the time he was discovered in the bullrushes as an infant by the pharoah's daughter, to his long, hard struggle to free the Hebrews from their slavery at the hands of the Egyptians. He and the other nomads feel that death isn’t the end of a relationship, so instead of “goodbye”, they like to say, “See you down the road.Based on the Holy Scriptures, with additional dialogue by several other hands, The Ten Commandments was the last film directed by Cecil B. Fern later talks to Bob about her husband’s death, and he mentions how his son committed suicide. The other nomads gather around a fire in her memory. After some talking, Dave admits he has some feelings for Fern and invites her to stay in the guest house since he is going to be staying with the family longer than expected, but Fern chooses to keep going off on her own, deciding to see the ocean.įern returns to Amazon and stays at the RTR again, where she learns that Swankie has passed away. Fern makes it to David’s family’s home and meets them. They chat for a while before she hits the road again. In her continued travels, Fern encounters a young man she met at the RTR earlier, and she sits to join him after giving him her sandwich. She later talks to Dolly, who lets her borrow the money, about how Fern continued to stay in Empire after her husband died or why she barely visited her family, but Dolly commends Fern for her independence. When one of the men makes a comment suggesting that the nomads chose their lifestyle, Fern gets defensive in response. Nevertheless, Dolly invites Fern to her house, where she meets Dolly’s husband and some friends. Fern calls her sister Dolly (Melissa Smith) to ask for help with money, but they have an argument over it. The van breaks down, and she finds herself unable to afford the repairs. She snaps at him briefly but later apologizes for it after she visits him in the hospital when he gets sick.įern starts working at a beet harvest and continues to be more alone. After Fern and Linda part ways, Fern is cleaning out her RV, but when Dave offers to help, he accidentally drops some of her plates that shatter. They spend time together with other coworkers/nomads. She returns to work at a camp as a tour guide with Linda and encounters Dave again. In turn, Fern tells Swankie about what it was like watching her husband as he was dying.įern takes some time to travel and spend time in nature. The two sit together, and Swankie tells Fern about her cancer diagnosis and how she isn’t expected to live much longer, but she plans to spend the remainder of her days making memories on the road instead of dying in a hospital. She asks a fellow nomad, Swankie, for help, and although Swankie scolds Fern for not being prepared for something like this in any condition, she helps Fern acquire a spare. She ends up finding a job at a shop nearby selling the mined quartzes.įern’s van blows a tire. Fern also befriends a man named Dave (David Strathairn) and later joins him in dancing when the group throws a party. She meets Bob and other nomads, who share their stories about what brought them to their current positions and how they manage to survive. With the weather getting colder, she decides to drive to Arizona and comes across the RTR. After finishing at Amazon, Fern has a hard time finding work.
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