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John Boorman: Taking Chances, Making Magic

January 18, 2023 by Deuce Richardson

The acclaimed director, John Boorman, turned ninety today. I feel compelled to pay my respects and convey my gratitude for all the enjoyment he has given me over the decades. The creator of Excalibur deserves no less.

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January 18, 2023 /Deuce Richardson
John Boorman, Excalibur
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One Land, One King: The Mythopoeic Power of John Boorman’s Excalibur

January 14, 2023 by Brian Murphy

In Excalibur’s sound and fury we are witness to heroism, sacrifice, towering human achievement, codes of chivalric honor, hopeless battles against the encroaching dark, lust, betrayal, collapse… and the hope that order and goodness may one day come again.

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January 14, 2023 /Brian Murphy
Excalibur, John Boorman, King Arthur, Richard Wagner, Bruce Dickinson, Merlin
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Excalibur Exegesis

February 02, 2022 by Robert M. Price

This film, when I saw it in the theatre in 1981, had and still does have a great impact on me. In this brief essay I’d like to explain why. I write only on the basis of my own impressions. I have never listened to director John Boorman’s commentary; nor have I studied any other. This is Excalibur in the eye of the beholder.

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February 02, 2022 /Robert M. Price
Excalibur, King Arthur, John Boorman, film review
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