John Boorman’s Multi-Sourced Excalibur
By Jandy • Aug 17th, 2007 • Category: Articles, Film, LiteratureJohn Boorman’s Excalibur claims to be adapted from Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur, but is in reality drawn from several sources, many of which contradict Malory’s version of the legend; however, by adapting Malory in this way, Boorman is in fact following directly in his footsteps, for Malory also claims to draw from one source but uses many, in addition to his own imagination.
