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ROBERT BRESSON’S
LANCELOT DU LAC NEW 4K RESTORATION
SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 3 AT FILM FORUM
Robert Bresson’s adaptation of the Arthurian legend LANCELOT DU LAC (1974), will run in a new 4K restoration at Film Forum from Friday, September 27 through Thursday, October 3.
Riderless horses gallop through dark woods, limbs are hacked, the knights have failed to find the Grail, and Lancelot adulterously loves Guinevere, Bresson’s LANCELOT DU LAC 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. "Stunningly beautiful, mesmerizing, exhausting, uplifting, amazing - all the things you could possibly expect from a masterpiece." - Geoff Brown, Time Out
Shot by Oscar-winning Italian cinematographer Pasqualino De Santis, who worked with Bresson (The Devil, Probably, L'Argent), Visconti (L'Innocente, Death in Venice), De Sica (Amanti), and more, LANCELOT DU LAC premiered at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival and was well-received among critics; it placed second on Michael Haneke's 2002 Sight & Sound poll of the greatest films ever made; and David Lowery cites it as one of the inspirations behind his Arthurian adaptation The Green Knight.
Before the run of LANCELOT DU LAC, Bresson’s late masterwork THE DEVIL, PROBABLY (1977), a blistering indictment of post-May ‘68 France, will run in a new 4K restoration at Film Forum from Friday, September 20 through Thursday, September 26.
Riderless horses gallop through dark woods, limbs are hacked, the knights have failed to find the Grail, and Lancelot adulterously loves Guinevere, Bresson’s LANCELOT DU LAC 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. "Stunningly beautiful, mesmerizing, exhausting, uplifting, amazing - all the things you could possibly expect from a masterpiece." - Geoff Brown, Time Out
Shot by Oscar-winning Italian cinematographer Pasqualino De Santis, who worked with Bresson (The Devil, Probably, L'Argent), Visconti (L'Innocente, Death in Venice), De Sica (Amanti), and more, LANCELOT DU LAC premiered at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival and was well-received among critics; it placed second on Michael Haneke's 2002 Sight & Sound poll of the greatest films ever made; and David Lowery cites it as one of the inspirations behind his Arthurian adaptation The Green Knight.
Before the run of LANCELOT DU LAC, Bresson’s late masterwork THE DEVIL, PROBABLY (1977), a blistering indictment of post-May ‘68 France, will run in a new 4K restoration at Film Forum from Friday, September 20 through Thursday, September 26.
