Antoine Fuqua, you're not the one. Indeed, we try to steer clear of the great steaming turd that was 2004's King Arthur, as we indulge ourselves in the greatest cinematic version of the Arthurian legend ever made - and perhaps ever will be made - John Boorman's epic masterpiece Excalibur. In this podcast Neil and I are joined by film buff and fellow traveller James, who will be a regular member of the team. We try not to get over-excited by this film, but it's very difficult, so expect lots of superlatives as we tackle the film's major themes and dichotomies of Christianity vs Paganism, Nature vs civilization, masculinity and femininity, nationalism, myth and art. Is this the most Rightist film ever?
Then, in a Mjolnir at the Movies Intermission, David Yorkshire revisits the film to analyse the characters of Merlin and Morgana and their relationship, as well as comparing and contrasting their roles with their counterparts in other retellings of the Arthurian legend, taking in such texts as Tennyson's Idylls of the King, the Poetic Merlin and the Prose Merlin.
Does anyone make movies like this any more? Even the indie scene? There's got to be a right leaning person with a camera and some talent somewhere willing to take the risk.
Does anyone make movies like this any more? Even the indie scene? There's got to be a right leaning person with a camera and some talent somewhere willing to take the risk.
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