In The Green Knight, King Arthur’s hedonistic nephew Gawain (Dev Patel) leaves the comforts of Camelot for an epic quest to confront the titular verdant specter.
Based on the anonymously authored 14th Century poem, the latest film from David Lowery invites a multitude of interpretations.
I construed it as a journey from the imagined invincibility of youth to the shadow of mortality eventually cast upon us all—a reading no doubt colored by 18 pandemic months of wondering if a trip to the grocery store would kill me.
Days after my screening, […]The post “The Horse is Constantly Looking at the Technocrane”: Dp Andrew Droz Palermo on The Green Knight first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
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