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Between 1794 and 1813, two officers in the French army fought a series of duels with an assortment of weapons, attempting to kill one another in just about every legally acceptable manner. In 1908, Josepf Conrad wrote a short story about them. In 1977, a little known director of TV adverts turned it into a feature film. The Duellists won Best Debut Film at Cannes and launched the career of that director, Ridley Scott. Much like Stanley Kubrick’s earlier epic Barry Lyndon, Scott’s debut also evokes the paintings of the era in which it is set. But at the same time it remains an original and visually striking work of art dealing with passion, honor and hatred. Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel excel as the two main protagonists.
Between 1794 and 1813, two officers in the French army fought a series of duels with an assortment of weapons, attempting to kill one another in just about every legally acceptable manner. In 1908, Josepf Conrad wrote a short story about them. In 1977, a little known director of TV adverts turned it into a feature film. The Duellists won Best Debut Film at Cannes and launched the career of that director, Ridley Scott. Much like Stanley Kubrick’s earlier epic Barry Lyndon, Scott’s debut also evokes the paintings of the era in which it is set. But at the same time it remains an original and visually striking work of art dealing with passion, honor and hatred. Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel excel as the two main protagonists.