Bresson - I've seen 6 of his films, Lancelot du Lac is near the bottom of the bunch along with L'Argent, and Diary of a Country Priest.
On the other hand, I quite liked Pickpocket, and A Man Escaped. Mouchette was pretty good, too.
Bresson's directs almost like a mathematician, everything is precise, cold, exact. The actors at times resemble robots, I think his films are at their worst when the actors are required to portray emotion, particularly romantic scenes. Hardly ever a smile in the films I've seen, bleak and serious, you'd think he was Scandinavian
This exact, mathematical approach though works well for subject matter like Pickpocket, and A Man Escaped. Rather fascinating watching all the details in picking pockets and escaping prison.
Jim - did Arthur's knights
ever take off their armour? Not according to Bresson it seems, clanking about all movie long got on my nerves.