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bisclavret · 5 days ago

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PLEASE... bresson's style takes some getting used to because he was french and pretentious and only made this film with a budget of like 10 francs but his vision was unshakeable and very much in line with the things we enjoy in our corner of arthuriana imo

here's four entire minutes of (french) sir gawain on the literal edge of his seat losing his mind watching lancelot sweep the floor with everyone at a jousting match and saying "lanslo" (french for "lancelot") to king arthur every time he wins just in case arthur missed it. one of the many ways arthurian cinema peaked with lancelot du lac (1974) dir. robert bresson

#doomed child of divorce gawain trying to salvage a rotting kingdom and post-grail symbolism out the ass! have we tempted god's WRATH?#also contains moments between gawain and guinevere that establish how similar they are which make me feel SOOO much #and the costuming is so good the servants look like backstage crew and every knight wears vibrant tights and the armor is sleek #and the armored fights are robotic like their acting which also takes getting used to but when you get into it every little emotion #that they show hits x300 #and the way they poke each other and blood oozes out of them is very fun for me personally #sorry. this is my fav arthuriana movie in case it wasnt obvious ♥️#lancelot du lac 1974 #i pirated it online on bflix dot gg but thats because im slavic and i dont care but im sure it can be found legally somewhere too

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