Review of Perceval (1978) by Greg W — 22 Apr 2012
Perceval is a tad too self reflexive for my tastes. Too much of characters referring to each other in the third person and narrating their actions as they do them, too much blank faced acting and an overly stylized mise-en-scene to the point of ridiculousness.
It's a slow film and feels like too much attention was paid to certain details at the expense of others, ie. there are shadows on the backdrops at points. Perceval has it's moments, and is an interesting cultural artifact, but with a two and a half hour run time is extremely tedious to sit through.
This review of Perceval (1978) was written by Greg W on 22 Apr 2012.
Perceval has generally received positive reviews.
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