Capital Celluloid 2018 - Day 312: Sun Nov 18

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975): Prince Charles Cinema, 3.30pm


Chicago Reader review:
Silly, sophomoric, and slapped together—but would you want it any other way? The Pythons' second feature (1975) is full of things that even the relatively tolerant BBC wouldn't allow—including real violence, real pestilence, real death, and other comic devices. TV's 30-minute format may be better suited to the team's fragile conceits (the killer bunny bit seems to go on forever), but for all the stretching the film never snaps. Look sharp for the Ken Russell hommages. Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam directed.
Dave Kehr

Here (and above) is the trailer.

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