“Even by director Robert Bresson’s exacting, idiosyncratic standards, his 1974 Lancelot du Lac is a peculiar film,” I write over at The Auteurs’ Notebook. The original poster for the film certainly took note of one of the film’s idiosyncrasies:
its fantastical bloodshed, which was parodied a couple of years later in the hilarious Black Knight scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Among the non-actors Bresson assembled for this picture is one Laura Duke Condominas, daughter of one of my very favorite writers, the Oulipean Harry Mathews. Note any family resemblance?
You can read the entire report here.
Monday Morning Foreign-Region DVD Report: “Lancelot du Lac”
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I think Bresson is sort of pointing out the ridiculousness or any historical film. I agree the Python’s used Lancelot as a touchstone for their film, but I think Bresson’s isn’t devoid of humour, though of a rather high-falutin’ type.