His latest experiment, The Green Knight, is adapted from the 14th century Middle English poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, about a member of King Arthur’s court in the middle ages who accepts the challenge to a game of beheading from the magical Green Knight, and a bargain to reunite one year in the future.
With a lot of long tracking shots showing nothing especially interesting and many long silences between people, The Green Knight is not concerned with external physical action.
As our hero crosses paths with a crafty thief, nude giants, and a lonely ghost, this film is also not concerned with embracing a traditional narrative.
But so many parts stayed in my head for days after seeing it, The Green Knight is obviously successful in showing a unique story that will remain spiritual and haunting.