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The Duellists (1977)
Rate:
4
Viewed:
7/17
7/17:
The Duellists is dull as dull can be.
It's Ridley Scott's first major feature film, and he obviously has a lot of promise. He just needs to work more on
character development to make the movie interesting enough.
Harvey Keitel suffers from having few lines while Keith Carradine has plenty to let his character flesh out. To their
credit, they both insisted on using real saber swords for the sake of authenticity.
Although the cinematography is nice which was shot on location in England, France, and Scotland, the pace is slow because
there isn't much of a story. It's about a stupid soldier who can't get past the notion of honor, whatever the hell that
word means.
All in all, The Duellists is pointless for the most part, but it's a nice start for Ridley Scott.