Sunday, 24 December 2006

Lancelot du Lac (1974 Robert Bresson)

Did the Pythons see this before Holy Grail?* Despite the opening tangent (Lancelot even slightly resembles Michael Palin), this is a typically sparse rendition that manages to be both elliptical and dramatic. Strangely mesmerising in details (the knights' colours, horses).

*A long time after writing this, Michael Palin confirmed that they had!

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