A Book about the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail: All the References from African Swallows to ZootRowman & Littlefield, 6 mar 2015 - 632 páginas Monty Python’s Flying Circus aired from 1969 until 1974, but the conclusion of the series did not mark the end of the troupe’s creative output. Even before the final original episodes were recorded and broadcast, the six members began work on their first feature-length enterprise of new material. Rather than string together a series of silly skits, they conceived a full-length story line with references to the real and imagined worlds of the mythical King Arthur, the lives of medieval peasants, and the gloomy climate of 1970s Britain. Released in 1975, Monty Python and the Holy Grail was a modest success but has since been hailed as a modern classic. In A Book about the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail:All the References from African Swallows to Zoot, Darl Larsen identifies and examines the cultural, historical, and topical allusions in the movie. In this entertaining resource, virtually every reference that appears in a scene—whether stated by a character, depicted in the mise-en-scène, or mentioned in the print companion—is identified and explained. Beyond the Arthurian legend, entries cover literary metaphors, symbols, names, peoples, and places—as well as the myriad social, cultural, and historical elements that populate the film. This book employs the film as a window to both reveal and examine “Arthurian” life and literature, the historical Middle Ages, and a Great Britain of labor unrest, power shortages, and the common man. Introducing the reader to dozens of medievalist histories and authors and connecting the film concretely to the “modern” British Empire, A Book about the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail will appeal to fans of the troupe as well as medieval scholars and academics who can laugh at themselves and their work. |
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SCENE THREE ANIMATION LIVE ACTION SEQUENCE | 71 |
SCENE FOUR BRING OUT YOUR DEAD | 73 |
SCENE FIVE DENNIS THE PEASANT | 94 |
SCENE SIX THE BLACK KNIGHT | 161 |
SCENE SEVEN FLAGELLANT MONKS AND SHES A WITCH | 187 |
SCENE EIGHT VARIOUS MONTAGEANIMATION | 226 |
SCENE TWENTYTHREE THE TALE OF SIR LAUNCELOTBLOODY WEATHER | 361 |
SCENE TWENTYFOUR THE TALE OF SIR LAUNCELOT SCENE | 366 |
SCENE TWENTYFIVE LAUNCELOT AND CONCORDE | 380 |
SCENE TWENTYSIX LAUNCELOT STORMS SWAMP CASTLE | 383 |
SCENE TWENTYSEVEN TOOTHLESS OLD CRONE AND ROGER THE SHRUBBER | 408 |
SCENE TWENTYEIGHT KNIGHTS OF NI GET THEIR SHRUBBERY | 416 |
SCENE TWENTYNINE THE DEAD HISTORIAN COVERED | 420 |
SCENE THIRTY KING BRIAN THE WILD | 421 |
SCENE NINE THE BOOK OF THE FILM | 229 |
SCENE TEN CAMELOT IT IS A SILLY PLACE | 244 |
SCENE ELEVEN GOD ANNOUNCES THE GRAIL QUEST | 255 |
SCENE TWELVE TITLE SEQUENCE ANIMATION | 265 |
SCENE THIRTEEN TAUNTING BY FRENCHMEN | 270 |
SCENE FOURTEEN THE WOODEN RABBIT | 291 |
SCENE FIFTEEN A VERY FAMOUS HISTORIAN | 299 |
SCENE SIXTEEN THE TALE OF SIR ROBIN | 307 |
SCENE SEVENTEEN THE TALE OF SIR GALAHAD AND SPRINGBOARD NOVITIATES | 322 |
SCENE EIGHTEEN CASTLE ANTHRAX | 327 |
SCENE NINETEEN ANIMATION LIVE ACTION SCENE 24 | 347 |
SCENE TWENTY THE BLIND SOOTHSAYER OR SCENE 24 | 349 |
SCENE TWENTYONE THE KNIGHTS WHO SAY NI | 355 |
SCENE TWENTYTWO DEAD HISTORIAN AND POLICE | 360 |
SCENE THIRTYONE PASSING SEASONS ANIMATION | 424 |
SCENE THIRTYTWO TIM THE ENCHANTER | 435 |
SCENE THIRTYTHREE KILLER RABBIT AND HOLY HAND GRENADE | 442 |
SCENE THIRTYFOUR THE CAVE OF CAERBANNO | 460 |
SCENE THIRTYFIVE THE BRIDGE OF DEATH | 469 |
SCENE THIRTYSIX THE WONDERFUL BARGE AND THE GRAIL CASTLE | 474 |
SCENE THIRTYSEVEN STOP THE FILM | 493 |
APPENDIX A MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL BOOK FACING PAGES | 495 |
APPENDIX B PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE | 531 |
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 599 |
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