I could not help but think that the ancient miracle play of the resurrection of Osiris could have been acted out with similar simple means, with a mummy case and great sarcophagus.

The wings of Isis and Nephthys could have been spread over the sky instead of the oppressive walls of the crooked city.

Lights instead of shadows could have been made actors and real hieroglyphic inscriptions instead of scrawls.
As it was, the alleged insane man was more sensible than most motion picture directors, for his scenery acted with him, and not according to accident or silly formula.

I make these points as an antidote to the general description of this production by those who praise it.
They speak of the scenery as grotesque, strained, and experimental, and the plot as sinister.

But this does not get to the root of the matter.
There is rather the implication in most of the criticisms and praises that the scenery is abstract.