you're right, parts of Le Morte are similar to the movie's odd montage quality like "the knights went into the hall, then a dozen flaming doves flew out of the goblet, then the Spear of Destiny appeared, and then and then…"

Do you maybe see a kinship with John Boorman's "Excalibur"? I've always thought of that movie as a classic case of Reagan-era misguided excess, so I'm fascinated by the idea of a 40s antecedent, another cokehead fever dream whose "continuity between shots is a wreck, nearly nonsensical" but is saved by unforgettable,…