Conan the Barbarian
It is one of the most influential films of all time, and a union of high and low art. But what makes "Conan the Barbarian" worth remembering, and why do people keep rediscovering it? The heroic in history — and in fiction — is now a subversive theme, and when a story like this breaks through, it always finds an audience.
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