French Film Lancelot du Lac at OKCMOA
A stripped-down and profoundly tactile reimagining of the Arthurian legend, Lancelot du Lac is one of Robert Bresson’s most mysterious films—a deeply elliptical, intrinsically musical work that contrasts the most intimate moral and spiritual imperatives with the brutality of war. Presented in a new 4K restoration, it screens as part of Museum Films' "Late Bresson" series.
In French with English subtitles. (85 minutes)
“Riderless horses gallop through dark woods, limbs are hacked, the knights have failed to find the Grail, and Lancelot adulterously loves Guinevere, but otherwise this is a ruthless deconstruction of the legend, with a tournament shot almost entirely of horses’ legs and flags being raised and lowered, the knights always in full, clanking plate armor, all leading up to a devastating final hecatomb. ‘The Arthurian legend stripped bare… Stunningly beautiful, mesmerizing, exhausting, uplifting, amazing — all the things you could possibly expect from a masterpiece.’ (Geoff Brown, Time Out)” -Film Forum