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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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Savage Messiah (1972)

Posted on August 24, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Savage Messiah (1972) charts the life of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915), a French sculptor and painter of the Vorticism movement whose promising career was cut short by tragedy. Most biopics have more decades of life from which to draw, which also … Continue reading →

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