Monday, May 5, 2014

The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988)


Directed by Vincent Ward
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Hen's Tooth Video)

Family and friends living in a remote European mountain village in medieval times plan a journey to escape The Plague which is ravishing the continent. A young boy has visions of the future and guides them to a place which takes them deep inside the Earth. They emerge in a modern day city and, again following the boy's visions, undertake a quest to place a spire atop a church. Cinematographer Geoffrey Simpson imaginatively evokes the dream-like visions of the boy, but also somewhat predictably films the medieval scenes in black and white and the modern ones in color. The story is basically a gimmick, but one that is exploited to its fullest potential.

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