That makes The Green Knight a ravishingĮxperience just to watch and listen to, even if some narrative threads are perhaps better left unpulled and/or unexamined. Hero's quest as seen through the prism of maybe a combo platter of Freud and Dali. As a result, the film plays like a traditional Joseph Campbell-ish ![]() Symbolism at play in the original tale, and kind of smartly Lowery tends to use those ambiguities to his own advantage, offering what almostĪmounts to a dream within a dream within a dream that Gawain experiences. In that regard, and again as Lowery gets into in the supplement, many of the "major" characters inįilm, including Arthur (Sean Harris) and Guinevere (Kate Dickie), are never even overtly called by name throughout the running time.Įven well schooled literary types may have trouble clearly explicating the sometimes convoluted story and especially meanings and/or Sorceress Morgan Le Fay (Sarita Choudhury). Story and Arthurian legend in general are dealt with almost discursively, as in the case of the presentation of Gawain's mother and Arthur's sister, While that assessment may strike some as maybe just a tad pretentious, the good news isįilm isn't overly labored in trying to provide Gawain what screenwriters like to refer to as an "arc", and in fact certain elements of both the original Necessarily a literal one like Gawain takes in the film). Gaps of the original 14th century poem, along with giving some backstory about Gawain that allowed for (in Lowery's words) a "journey" (and not Make a film that basically filled in some of the Mentions in the same supplement where he talks about all of the "great" Arthurian films (notably without mentioning any of them) that he wanted Unacquainted with the saga's history, there's quite a bit of rather fascinating information available online for any interested sleuths. Well schooled literary types will no doubt know of the provenance of the tale now known as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, but for Successful in terms of both inherent merit and box office receipts are comedic riffs on Arthurian legend, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Army of Darkness. In that regard, it's literally funny to realize that two films that were unabashedly Reactions to even these two films have been decidedly mixed. Resonated fairly well, including such disparate efforts as ExcaliburĪnd The Sword in the Stone, though, again, There have been occasional treatments of Arthurian legend that have To them aren't always successful, either artistically or financially. Some interesting elements and maybe even pleasures along the way, might seem to suggest that films with some kind of Arthurian tinge The Last Legion, while each perhaps offering at least Camelot, King Arthur, First Knight, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, and Of such features released over the course of several decades, and many of them have been hugely budgeted and well marketed, only to see theirīox office fortunes erupt in the same sort of flames that surround the head of Gawain (Dev Patel) in an opening moment in this particular film. Many great films revolving around King Arthur and/or various Arthurian adjacent legends. It's maybe just a little funny to hear The Green Knight's writer and director David Lowery mention in a supplement included on this disc Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, October 8, 2021 Starring: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, Ralph Ineson Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger.įor more about The Green Knight 4K and the The Green Knight 4K Blu-ray release, see the The Green Knight 4K Blu-ray Review published by Jeffrey Kauffman on Octowhere this Blu-ray release scored 4.5 out of 5. ![]() The Green Knight 4K Blu-ray delivers stunning video and reference-quality audio in this exceptional Blu-ray releaseĪn epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, "The Green Knight" tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.
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