Excalibur (1981)
I'm no stranger to John Boorman's take on Arthurian legend but after seeing this on Blu-ray for the first time last night i'm still undecided as to whether this is a visionary piece of film making or a convoluted self indulgent mess.
Whatever it is Excalibur is a film you can't take your eyes off thanks to the crazy speed at which pivotal events unfold. Boorman's filming is strange and very off kilter for the era everything has a kind of smoky shine to it giving the film a truly ethereal feel to it and whilst characters come and go with many under developed Excalibur 's magic lies in it's eerie weirdness rather than any film making logic.
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