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deijavouu · 2 months

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queer-ragnelle · 9 months

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Excalibur (1981) | Directed by John Boorman

Arthurian Film List | Arthurian Show List | Movie review below the cut ⤦

Star rating: 10/10 Content warning: multiple rape scenes, heavy gore throughout, elements of horror, nudity, animal brutality (horses in battle are treated roughly) Overview: Writer and director John Boorman understood the assignment. It's evident this film was a passion project. Both of his children are in it (his daughter as Igraine, his son as young Mordred) and he had been working with J. R. R. Tolkien back in the 70s on an adaptation of Lord of the Rings which fell through, and much of those elements were revived and put to use here. The script, acting, score, and cinematography meet the epic demands an Arthurian film requires to succeed. Synopsis: The film opens with Uther before he meets Igraine and goes on to detail the entirety of Arthur's reign and life. Arthur's beginnings with Ector and Kay are very sweet and culminate in his pulling the sword in the stone and meeting a fun, quirky Merlin. The wizard trains Arthur up and he's eventually knighted by Urien and makes an ally of him while defending Leodegrance and Guinevere's castle. Arthur falls in love with Guinevere and intends to marry her, but first meets and battles Lancelot, wins his loyalty, and sends him to pick Guinevere up for the royal wedding. Meanwhile Morgan learns magic from Merlin and uses it to conceive Mordred with Arthur. After the royal wedding, the love affair between Lancelot and Guinevere begins. While staying away from Camelot, Lancelot meets country bumpkin Perceval, who follows Lancelot back to Camelot from his secluded woodland home, then takes up the mantle of Gareth Beaumains by working for Kay in the kitchens and champions Guinevere against Gawain until Lancelot can arrive. After the affair between he and Guinevere is found out, Lancelot runs off mad into the woods, and Arthur's prosperity declines. Perceval begins a decade-long quest in search of the Holy Grail to restore Arthur/Fisher King's health so he can reclaim his lands now ravaged by disease. Mordred has grown up in this time and been taught by Morgan to hate Arthur. Once Arthur has been cured, he goes to find Guinevere in the abbey where she had been living, and retrieves Excalibur, which she had been keeping safe for him all that time. Arthur then goes with his remaining knights to battle Mordred, where he is mortally wounded, and Perceval fulfills his final act for his king by returning the sword to the Lady of the Lake as Arthur is spirited away to Avalon. Final thoughts: This movie is so damn good. Nobody's doing it like Boorman. It's my favorite version of the grail quest. Very horror, as it should be. (Monty Python is a different tone, not a worse one!) I love everyone's acting here, the casting is so rich, I love the look and vibe of everyone, the Shakespearean line delivery. All of it. The gaudy green lighting is so 80s but it works, it sets a tone, it commits to the bit, illuminates every magical scene. And the armor is obviously incredible. I won't hear criticism. Either you get it or you don't. You can watch an entire mini-series about the armorer, Terry English, produced by Mythbuster's Adam Savage on YouTube, here. And if you want to learn more about Mordred's cool helmet specifically, watch here. Anyway please watch this, you won't be disappointed.

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twixnmix · 1 year

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Tina Turner backstage at the Rolling Stones concert at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, 1981.

Photos by Andy Warhol

#tina turner #andy warhol #the rolling stones #1981 #1980s music #1980s fashion #queen of rock and roll #ike & tina turner

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genderoutlaws · 1 year

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Drag queen and actor Divine posing alongside Christine Jorgensen at the first annual party of the Limelight disco in Atlanta | 1981

#op #photography #trans women #drag queens #divine #christine jorgensen #tgnc #g #1980s #1981

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freddiemercurylegendabovelegends · 2 months

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February 1981, in these days - Queen flew to Japan to play 5 shows at Budokan, Tokyo, during a short Japanese 'Flash Gordon Tour' ('The Game' Tour)

📸 Photographer Koh Hasebe

#1981 #photosession1981 #freddie mercury #queen band #london #zanzibar #legend #queen #brian may #john deacon #freddiebulsara #roger taylor #japan #the game tour #the game album #koh hasebe #flash gordon tour #tokyo #budokan

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debdarkpetal · 9 months

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#roger taylor #brian may #queen #queen band #maylor #dominique beyrand #paul prenter #peter freestone #mexico #1981 #80s #ms

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moviesludge · 6 months

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showing up to the party with your friends

#The Queen of Black Magic #Ratu Ilmu Hitam #1981 #skull

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undergroundrockpress · 1 year

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Siouxie à Paris en 1981.

#rock photography #siouxie sioux #1981 #1980s #post punk #the Ice Queen

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perioddramapolls · 3 months

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Period dramas dresses tournament: White dresses FINALS!- The queen, The royal tailor (pics set) vs Umrao Jaan, Umrao Jaan (gifset) vs Lucrezia Borgia, The Borgias (gifset)

#period drama dresses tournament #tournament poll #tumblr tournament #polls #fashion poll #the queen #queen jeongseong #the royal tailor #umrao jaan #umrao jaan 1981 #lucrezia borgia #the borgias #white finals #tournament finals

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hughdancybabyface · 1 year

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