Author: Burt, Richard

Source: Exemplaria, Volume 19, Number 2, Summer 2007 , pp. 327-350(24)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:

This essay explores homologies between the Tapestry and cinema, focusing on the opening title sequences of several films that cite the Bayeux Tapestry, including The Vikings; Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves; Bedknobs and Broomsticks; Blackadder; and La Chanson de Roland. The cinematic adaptation of a medieval artifact such as the Bayeux Tapestry suggests that history, whether located in the archive, museum, or movie medievalism, always has a more or less obscure and parodic flip side, and that history, written or cinematic, tells a narrative disturbed by uncanny hauntings and ghostly citations.

Keywords: SCROLL; PARATEXT; FILM; PARODY; BAYEUX TAPESTRY; OPENING TITLE SEQUENCE; CREDITS; MEDIEVAL

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/175330707X212895

Publication date: 2007-06-01

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