{"id":158794,"date":"2021-09-07T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=158794"},"modified":"2021-09-07T09:30:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T14:30:45","slug":"how-cinema-shapes-and-changes-folklore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/how-cinema-shapes-and-changes-folklore\/","title":{"rendered":"The Green Knight: How Cinema Shapes and Changes Folklore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gather ’round the fire to hear how filmmakers turn to classic folklore to spin modern tales. Let’s begin with The Green Knight<\/em>.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been several weeks now since I saw The Green Knight<\/a><\/em> for the first time, and I think I\u2019m finally ready to talk about it with friends and family. For a movie that features a talking fox and a giant, green tree-knight, I have to say that the film moved me in ways I didn\u2019t think movies could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Green Knight<\/em> is the latest film by acclaimed writer and director (and editor<\/a>) David Lowery<\/a>. His previous films include A Ghost Story<\/a><\/em>, Pete’s Dragon<\/a><\/em>, and Ain’t Them Bodies Saints<\/a><\/em> (plus the upcoming Peter Pan & Wendy<\/a><\/em>).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’<\/em>s a fantastical retelling of a famous medieval folktale and 14th-century poem titled Sir Gawain and the Green Knight<\/em><\/a>, which tells the story of an Arthurian knight named Gawain and his \u201cbeheading game\u201d with a mysterious and supernatural green knight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film explores some rich, deep, and heady (pun intended) themes of honor, legacy, and death. While this may sound like a pretty straightforward folktale, it’s really anything but. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

The Story of The Green Knight<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n