John Boorman adapted the "Passing of Arthur" in the movie
             "Excalibur." Movies are not the only adaptations of Tennyson's
             poem but there are several art and music adaptations. Examples
             of these adaptations include music by Loreena McKennit and
             paintings by John William Waterhouse, Howard Pyle and Arthur
             Rackham. In Bela Balazs's Art Form and Material Balazs states
             that a good adaptation is a reinterpretation of the original.
             Boorman uses nature and color to recreate the atmosphere of the
             original text. These techniques enhance the richness of the
             movie, provide a more in depth view of Arthur's life and make the
             Tennyson's descriptive writing allows the reader to form
             detailed pictures. The atmosphere Tennyson creates focuses a lot
             on the beauty of nature. During the scene when Bedivere throws
             Excalibur in the lake he describes the area with "zigzag paths,
             and juts of pointed rock, the shining levels of the lake...the
             winter moon, long cloud and frost." He produces an atmosphere of
             Tennyson concentrates on the image of the winter moon while
             Bedivere tries to get rid of the Excalibur. This picture makes
             the reader think that the setting is a winter night. According
             to Webster's dictionary, winter symbolizes of coldness, misery or
             death. Winter is the season when living things die. The moon
             only comes out during the night. At night people "rest" from
             their busy lives and do nothing. Night closely related to winter
             because both are very dark and bleak times. The lack of light
             shows the sadness happening to Arthur. As Arthur passes the only
             light he has comes from the winter moon. The reader gets the
             feeling that Arthur is heading there. Tennyson chooses dark
             words and images to create a very desolate and gloomy setting.
             Sidney Lumet states in Making Movies "there are no
             unimportant decisio...