Filed under: 1980's, Boorman, John, Download, Mirran, Helen, Stewart, Patrick, TV, USA
Dir John Boorman
1981, USA
Nigel Terry, Helen Mirran, Patrick Stewart, Liam Neeson
“Any man, who would be a knight, and follow a king, follow me.”
This film is very close to perfect. The plot we know is good, if done properly. The casting is excellent, in particular Terry as Arthur, who goes from being a boy who talks with a mouth full of marbles to king, in the transition of a few scenes. The entire production is lush, like an opera, as it should be. There is also a particular mix of fact and fantasy that gives the film a texture and depth. The moments are gritty, with dirt, and muscle, but the plot than allows horses that run on mists, and swords that rise from the lake in the arms of a beautiful woman.
Looking at the cake’s like looking at the future
until you’ve tasted it, what do you really know?
And then of course, it’s to late.
Merlin to Arthur
45:30
I am the stuff of future memory – Arthur 1.56
A dream to some. I nightmare to others!
-Merlin
2.01
