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DGA QUARTERLY 75 Photos: xxxxx EXCALIBUR (1981), John Boorman > The English fi lmmaker's ver- sion of the Arthurian legend, a source of countless Hollywood productions, is a phantasma- goria of gleaming surfaces, lush forests, misty bogs, opu- lent castles, heated battles and lusty sex. Instead of muted metal, King Arthur's knights in this feverish fantasy don armor that looks like polished chrome. "The quest for the (Holy) Grail is really a search for a way to transcend [the] material and to fi nd a spiritual life," said John Boorman, who fi lmed on location in Ireland.