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I might check that out. One of the things I have a hard time with regarding these newer historical epics is something that you pointed out there which is low production values. I was sort of interested in Turn: Washington's Spies, Vikings, and some other AMC period drama/horror thing, but I do sort of struggle with taking any of it seriously when it's clearly shot digitally and the costumes came from a local theater shop. It's a matter of tone, in a lot of cases, but with the greater possibility of pulling off these period settings on a lower budget comes the more likely scenario of not pulling it off well.

There was a kind of interesting Viking movie called Valhalla Rising with Mads Mikkelson by Nicolas Wing Dings Reffing. It's a very stark and sort obscure film that has barely anything resembling a plot, but it has some really gorgeous imagery and even though the specifity of its historical context is not what the movie is about in the slightest, I think it does have an authentic feeling.

Robert Eggers has a movie in production about a Viking as well. I really loved The Witch and I think I really liked The Lighthouse, but I'd probably have to see it again to be sure. But the guy is clearly a slave to period authenticity. Every detail is made to be as true to its era as possible, and it really permeates everything. So far at least, I don't know that anyone around captures that sort of period atmosphere better as a writer/director. I'm looking forward to that one. I believe it's called The Northman.