It took me a long time to watch this movie—I did not want to risk distracting myself in the midst of my Master Thesis with a new version of the Gawain character. Thankfully, having waited meant accessing the movie was much easier, and we have both Blu-ray and standard DVD versions available on the 2nd floor. As a fan of movies, I loved it. For a casual viewer, this film might be too confusing to be enjoyable. However, Gawain is a man conflicted, with a powerful mother willing to do anything to get him into his proper place of glory.
The idea of a reluctant hero is incredibly modern. The medieval romance upon which this film is based shows a Gawain already at the peak of his power, serving in the court of a young King Arthur. I have, of course, immediately launched into reading translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , many of which can be checked out from the library. Tolkien, yes of Lord of the Rings fame, was an accomplished medieval scholar.
Not my favorite translation, but a great way to access the original text for the first time. This is the translation into Modern English that David Lowery used as the basis for his movie, hence the republication with the fancy new cover. While Middle English is largely recognizable, a modern reader would miss the vast majority of context without a translation.
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