poem, though i think you will dispute this. i want to be clear, i m not disputing this! i got in touch with the poet laureate, and he said 14th, maybe early 15th. such a name dropper! yeah, my old friend simon. this is a retelling of sir gawain and the green knight, gawain, not sir, early on tops off the head of the green knight. a year later, he must make a pilgrimage to the green knight s chapel to face a similar blow in return. this is directed by david lowery. you can see it streaming and you can in cinemas, and let me make a suggestion go and see it in cinemas. it looks fantastic. it has a real earthy feel to it, but it s also strange and spiritual and dreamy and sensuous. it s got a fantastic score. dev patel is the best he s ever been. i think dev patel can do everything.
just makes me wonder why it is in the cinema, because i suspect that its primary audience actually will be an at home audience. it s fine, it s totally well made, but it does feel a little bit scorsese light. firework with me fire walk with me is a perfect move even if you haven t seen twin peaks. the green niuht is a haven t seen twin peaks. the green night is a 1nth haven t seen twin peaks. the green night is a 14th century haven t seen twin peaks. the green night is a 14th century thing. - haven t seen twin peaks. the green night is a 14th century thing. i - haven t seen twin peaks. the green night is a 14th century thing. i got i night is a 14th century thing. i got in touch with simon armitage, and he said ilith, may be 13th. this is a retelling of this gawain and the green knight, where he lops the head of the green knight he is
you will dispute this. i want to be clear, i m not disputing this! i got in touch with the poet laureate, and he said 14th, maybe early 15th. such a name dropper! yeah, my old friend simon. this is a retelling of sir gawain and the green knight, gawain, not sir, early on lops off the head of the green knight. a year later, he must make a pilgrimage to the green knight s chapel to face a similar blow in return. this is directed by david lowery. you can see it streaming and you can in cinemas, and let me make a suggestion go and see it in cinemas. it looks fantastic. it has a real earthy feel to it, but it s also strange and spiritual and dreamy and sensuous. it s got a fantastic score. dev patel is the best he s ever been. i think dev patel can do everything.
it s in the cinema, because i suspect its primary audience actually will be an at home audience. it s fine, it s perfectly well made, it has nice performances, but it does feel a little bit scorsese light. i think it needs to be more cinematic, and again, i would say fire walk with me is a near perfect movie even if you ve not seen twin peaks. it s fine they are not going to put it on the billboard, i don t think! the green knight, this is based on the i think iath century poem, though i think you will dispute this. i want to be clear, i m not disputing this! i got in touch with the poet laureate, and he said 14th, maybe early 15th. such a name dropper! yeah, my old friend simon. this is a retelling of sir gawain and the green knight, gawain, not sir, early on lops off the head of the green knight.
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TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Our film critic, Justin Chang, says that The Green Knight, which stars Dev Patel as a young adventurer from King Arthur s court, is one of the most magical movies he s seen so far this year. It s the latest film from David Lowery, the writer and director of the indie dramas A Ghost Story and Ain t Them Bodies Saints. It opens Friday in theaters nationwide. Here s Justin s review.
JUSTIN CHANG, BYLINE: As powerful a grip as King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table still exert on our imaginations, there haven t been enough great or even good movies made about them. There have been some, of course. I m fond of the lush Wagnerian grandeur of John Boorman s Excalibur. And we ll always love Monty Python And The Holy Grail. But they re more the exception than the rule. So I mean it as high praise when I say that I ve never seen an Arthurian sword-and-sorcery epic quite like The Green Knight. With this boldly inventive adap