Post by Lucy of Ravenscar on Oct 5, 2017 8:42:48 GMT
The film: King Arthur (2004)
The date: Thursday 5th October 2017
The time: 8.15pm UK time (BST)
The place: right here!
Tonight we're going to start watching the King Arthur film, starring Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffud, Keira Knightley and Ray Winstone, which also featured Mark Ryan as the fight director and sword master. Other RoS alumni include Steve Dent in charge of stunts and Gabe Cronnelly doing stunts (he was the archery adviser and appeared as one of the archers in Robin Hood and the Sorcerer).
We have the extended edition, which is 2hrs 16min, so if we try watching about 45 mins to 1 hour we can spread the film over three weeks. You can find the film on YouTube, in varying qualities, here are a couple of links, take a look to see which works best for you. For some reason they are about 2hrs 45min long, so we might end up a bit out of sync!
I once asked a question about the film on our Facebook page, for a friend who's a big fan of Mads Mikkelsen (who plays Tristan), about the symbols painted/tattooed on his face, and I got replies from John Matthews (who worked on the film) and Mark Ryan (Facebook link).
Mark Ryan: John Matthews knows a lot about the history of this particular Arthurian angle, both on the wall and in Russia. I don't know what the meaning of the scars were myself only that Mads was a superb pupil and one of the best (and coolest) characters in the movie! I designed his sword with armourer Tommy Dunne during the prep stage of production and I wish I had one! A pleasure to work with Mads!
John Matthews: As far as I know the tattoos were randomly generated by the art department on the film. I suspect the idea of the iceman as a source is a good one. As to the whole Lucius Artorius Castus theory, there is a great deal more evidence than the inscription on LACs mausoleum/tomb in Croatia. Linda Malcor and I, who both worked on the film, are both working in books which will eventually present hard evidence for the probability of this theory. The character played by Mads was very much a mixture of Arthurian, Sarmatian, Slavic and pure imagination - but in my view it worked almost the best among the characters in the movie.
(Regarding the differences between people wanting a legendary and those wanting a realistic version of the story) Absolutely. We fell between two stools - on the one hand people who wanted more realism and on the other those who prefer the myth. Some of the problems with the film were the result of this.
The date: Thursday 5th October 2017
The time: 8.15pm UK time (BST)
The place: right here!
Tonight we're going to start watching the King Arthur film, starring Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffud, Keira Knightley and Ray Winstone, which also featured Mark Ryan as the fight director and sword master. Other RoS alumni include Steve Dent in charge of stunts and Gabe Cronnelly doing stunts (he was the archery adviser and appeared as one of the archers in Robin Hood and the Sorcerer).
We have the extended edition, which is 2hrs 16min, so if we try watching about 45 mins to 1 hour we can spread the film over three weeks. You can find the film on YouTube, in varying qualities, here are a couple of links, take a look to see which works best for you. For some reason they are about 2hrs 45min long, so we might end up a bit out of sync!
I once asked a question about the film on our Facebook page, for a friend who's a big fan of Mads Mikkelsen (who plays Tristan), about the symbols painted/tattooed on his face, and I got replies from John Matthews (who worked on the film) and Mark Ryan (Facebook link).
Mark Ryan: John Matthews knows a lot about the history of this particular Arthurian angle, both on the wall and in Russia. I don't know what the meaning of the scars were myself only that Mads was a superb pupil and one of the best (and coolest) characters in the movie! I designed his sword with armourer Tommy Dunne during the prep stage of production and I wish I had one! A pleasure to work with Mads!
John Matthews: As far as I know the tattoos were randomly generated by the art department on the film. I suspect the idea of the iceman as a source is a good one. As to the whole Lucius Artorius Castus theory, there is a great deal more evidence than the inscription on LACs mausoleum/tomb in Croatia. Linda Malcor and I, who both worked on the film, are both working in books which will eventually present hard evidence for the probability of this theory. The character played by Mads was very much a mixture of Arthurian, Sarmatian, Slavic and pure imagination - but in my view it worked almost the best among the characters in the movie.
(Regarding the differences between people wanting a legendary and those wanting a realistic version of the story) Absolutely. We fell between two stools - on the one hand people who wanted more realism and on the other those who prefer the myth. Some of the problems with the film were the result of this.