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_e_

Not the easiest entryway into Bresson's work. So abstract/high-brow/whatever, that, yes, it totally verges on the ridiculous. And the Bressonian emotionless acting style fits well in but wouldn't be much help for the neophyte either.
10 years 3 months ago
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xianjiro

There wasn't quite enough clanking of armour for my taste - so little clanking made it almost impossible for me to believe these were actual 'kaniggets'.
5 years 6 months ago
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weirdboy

If I hear that canned horse whinny one more time, I'm going to sue Bresson's estate for mental anguish.
7 years 6 months ago
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Windill

Bresson is my favorite filmmaker, but I must say I was disappointing by this one. The photography is ugly and ridiculous. The acting by non-professional "models" didn't work, this time.
6 years 2 months ago
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Ray Anselmo

Looking through the comments, we've covered Bresson's "Vulcan" directing of actors, the clanking armor, the canned horse whinny, the hoof fetishism ... but allow me to add the truly maladroit camera choices (especially in the jousting scenes - you see more horse butts than actual contact) the anachronistic plate armor and the conversations between Lancelot and Guinevere that couldn't be more stilted if they were performed on actual stilts. I'm left wondering a) if there's any reason for this being considered a classic besides Bresson's name on it, and b) whether the absurdity of this film was any inspiration for next year's Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 3.5/10
2 years 9 months ago
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Shingwauk

I'm sorry to say that it was cardboard acting with emotionless monotone voicing.
4 years 4 months ago
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jlfitz

with English subs: https://ok.ru/video/2538386229926
3 years 2 months ago
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notinuse

One for hoof fetishists.
3 years 8 months ago
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Sunless

If statues could act...
8 years 8 months ago
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serranouaille

Ridicule.
11 years 7 months ago
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