Year: 1975 – ZooScope

Anya Portus
28th January 2019
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Dir. Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones. EMI Films. 1975.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Dir. Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones. EMI Films. 1975. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Anya Portus Anya Portus https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7f59d9a9de41b5d509d588b8de769a59?s=96&d=mm&r=g 28th January 2019 25th May 2021

In the opening scene of Monty Python and the Holy Grail [1], a grassy hill is shown with the sound of horse’s hooves—only for a skipping King Arthur, and coconut-clomping…

Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Dir. Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones. EMI Films. 1975.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Dir. Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones. EMI Films. 1975. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Anya Portus Anya Portus https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7f59d9a9de41b5d509d588b8de769a59?s=96&d=mm&r=g 12th December 2018 25th May 2021

This iconic scene fully exemplifies the film’s absurdist representation of the violence of the crusades, particularly the disproportionate violence of the Western invaders. It explores this using the similarly lopsided…

Jaws. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Universal Studios. 1975.

Jaws. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Universal Studios. 1975. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Emma Redley Emma Redley https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/68757b4090095370cf98c22be32539cc?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2015 25th May 2021

Jaws, Spielberg’s second major film[1] , released in 1975 is widely recognised as an important piece of cinema, with one of the most memorable and suspense building soundtracks of all time.…