Perhaps the quest began as a noble one but, in Bresson's view, the actual outcome was anything but. The sequence is highly stylised to emphasize the brazen immorality of their actions. In the film's prologue, the knights are shown killing and pillaging unrepentantly. Lancelot's true focus is not on the cross, but on himself. In their relentless crusade for the Holy Grail, the Knights of the Round Table abandoned the teachings of the Lord they claimed to serve. A true cinematographic master, Bresson would never have left the crucifix out of focus by accident it remains so only with distinct purposefulness. Deliver me from a temptation I can hardly resist." God does not respond Bresson does. Do not forsake me", he says, confiding, "I struggle against a death worse than death. Reviewed by PTA-fan 10 / 10 Bresson continues to impressĪt the very heart of Lancelot du Lac (1974), Robert Bresson places a single, resonant shot: Lancelot (Luc Simon) comes through a door and approaches a crucifix in the foreground of the shot, slightly out of focus.
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