REWIND: The Green Knight (2021)
Schedule
Fri, 26 Dec, 2025 at 10:15 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Tampa Theatre | Tampa, FL
Part of December's Holiday REWIND series*************************************
2h 5m / R / Fantasy, Adventure
VENUE: Historic Duncan Auditorium
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It’s morning, and Sir Gawain (Dev Patel) is about to have a very weird Christmas. Well, two weird Christmases, with a hell of a gap year between them.
The Green Knight is a retelling of an ancient folktale of the British Isles, in which a noble warrior (only later named a knight of Arthur’s Round Table) meets a foe who begs to have his head cut off and, once the deed is done, promises to come back in a year and a day and return the favor. An illustrative tale about the difference between honor and glory, and the restraint required by the chivalric code, this film version expands the metaphor by expanding the character of Gawain himself: we see him struggle with fear, greed, lust, pride and all the very human flaws which would be disqualifying for a knight.
Basically it’s It’s a Wonderful Life in inverse, is what we’re getting at. What is revealed to Gawain is the horror of a future that results from his unwillingness to give up his life. Or at least his inability to put his ego aside, and acknowledge the value of his one measly life relative to the nature and principle. He stands atop the wheel of fortune, for now; but fortune is still a wheel, and wheels turn. He’s forced to reconcile with the idea that he might not be a very good person, and asked what he’s willing to surrender to be a better one. You know: a Christmas movie.
Where is it happening?
Tampa Theatre, 707 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602-4400, United States
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