Le Morte de Perlesvaux: el Perceval le Gallois d'Éric Rohmer i l'Excalibur de John Boorman

Abstract

Film makers who turn to a book as a source do not always use it in the same way. This article focuses on two examples taken from Arthurian re-tellings. In Perceval le Gallois (1978), Eric Rohmer respected the verse form and the medieval world vision of Chretien de Troyes’ Conte du Graal. Conversely, in Excalibur (1981) John Boorman uses Le Morte Darthur as a catalogue of Arthurian episodes in order to render its key moments within a modern three-act cinematographic story structure.