“The Thief of Baghdad” (Reprise)

The tale of “The Spirit in the Bottle” has been embedded in my psyche for as long as I can remember. As a child, my favorite movie was “The Thief of Baghdad.” The 1940 version of this work seems to capture the mythic mood and magical quality of pre-Renaissance consciousness better than any film I have ever seen.

 

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