Tag Archives: Arthurian Legend

Excalibur (1981)

Posted on June 3, 2015 at 8:20 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

John Boorman is not after realism with Excalibur (1981). The dialogue, the characterizations, the behaviors – none of these are intended to replicate real life, but are deliberately outsized, almost predetermined. The characters behave as they are intended to behave: as … Continue reading →

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Posted on May 16, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Here in Madison we have a restaurant called the Tipsy Cow, and on the wall hangs a chalkboard that diagrams a key moment from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975): a cow being catapulted onto the heads of King … Continue reading →

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