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With: Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan, Vladimir Antolek-Oresek
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Written by: Robert Bresson
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Directed by: Robert Bresson
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MPAA Rating: NR
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Running Time: 80
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Date: 09/26/1974
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Grail Men
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
Released about the same time as Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Lancelot du Lac (1974) is its diametric opposite. It's an extremely difficult, deliberately unheroic film, taking place after the glory of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table has faded (they have failed to find the Holy Grail). Lancelot has a fling with Guinevere, raising the ire of the rest of the knights. Bresson preoccupies himself with watching the movement of the men within the heavy, clunky armor; none of his films spend as much time on walking. Even a jousting scene forgoes rudimentary suspense in favor of small details. Still, it has a magnificence that creeps out a little at a time, especially over repeated viewings. New Yorker's new DVD is must-have DVD under any circumstances. It comes with the theatrical trailer.
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