have see the peter otoole version recently and i be ready to be awe by the smart writing in this version . little time be spend on the fighting and which i prefer . instead and we be show all the many motif underlie both the french and english ( who hold normandy ) politico and priest who put her to death . even the bad hypocrite of them all and the archbishop and leave u with the thought that of course and she be innocent . the innocent have always have to suffer for the ambition of the mighty . she have no idea what she be say and no idea of the implication of blasphemy or go against the church . unschooled and she have no idea of what the church stand on such matter even be . preminger be true to the myth surround her death and and i appreciate the preview on the tape that show the flame reach up and burn her . why . they use gas jet in the movie and and 2 of them be stop up . suddenly and the air pressure blow out the stoppage and the flame leap up right on her . thankfully for her and they do not have to repeat the shot a it be so realistic represent she be be burn . pretty traumatic introduction for an iowa girl to her new career of act . john gielgud perform outstandingly . he be the english politico who be orchestrate the show . he also make the point that once you condemn someone to death and you do not want to be around to watch them die . you might shrink from your woulduty the next time . not that such delicacy bother the soul of our would be president . we christian and even the most anti semitic have no problem with fall back on the old testament when it come to capital punishment and even though it be override by jesus word . bring on public execution like this little girl . smell burnt flesh might bring u respectable folk to our souls sens . the only little pick i have about this film be that we be not show why the priest who have be so adamantly urge her burning become so suddenly so contrite and even to the point of madness . there should have be more expansion of his character and more dialogue a the sudden come to his sens doesn not make sense . and and whether graham greene do this deliberately or not and st. joan be such a self assure little upstart and you almost but not quite and be glad she meet her come uppance . and and when she turn down life in prison and for some reason i thought of anne sexton and the poet who accuse sylvia plath of tealing her death when she commit suicide . know such an action guarantee immortality . you get ta wonder . if ever there be a good example of obsessive thought and logic tight compartment and this be one . st. joan should have turn buddhist and quiet the voice in her mind .