The Green Knight is an adventure solemn and strange, marked by fantastical encounters and reckonings with fate and chance. It is, in a way, not unlike the journey that David Lowery himself embarked upon in making the film
, the new film from acclaimed director David Lowery , the medieval warrior Sir Gawain embarks on a long and perilous mission into the world outside of King Arthur’s court. It is an adventure solemn and strange, marked by fantastical encounters and reckonings with fate and chance. It is, in a way, not unlike the journey that Lowery himself embarked upon in making the film.was set for release in the spring of 2020. But then, well, you know.
The assumption that we have of directors who have had films delayed by the pandemic is one of frustration. But here, it’s the opposite. It was definitely beneficial. It gave me time to think. Not just about movies, but about life. But in my case, life and movies are pretty inseparable. I was thinking about how normally, when I release a movie, I never watch it again. I’m done. I haven’t seen any of my movies since editing and mixing them. But here was a weird case where I thought I was done and that didn’t happen. I would never wish a global pandemic on anyone for the sake of creative betterment.
It was definitely a case of the performers being the best-suited for the roles, especially in the case of Dev. He was the one I wanted to see on the horse. I didn’t want it to be completely colour-blind and have his mother played by someone not of the same ethnicity, so casting his mother we definitely looked for actors of Indian heritage so it wouldn’t be completely anachronistic. But it was the rare opportunity to make a historical epic not tied to history.
I never thought about it until you mentioned it, but yeah, I can’t think of any other distributors today who are so distinct in what they promise audiences. Disney’s been doing that for decades, but A24 has that same cachet in the indie world. Both have been very helpful and supportive in my own sense of self-expression – I get to make very personal movies, movies true to who I am, under both banners. I don’t think people expect that from Disney.
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