The Exorcist - appreciation thread

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bonanzataz

#60
July 15, 2003, 03:41:49 PM
that's why you hear her screaming "billy!" when she's doing that. billy friedkin, the director.
The corpses all hang headless and limp bodies with no surprises and the blood drains down like devil's rain we'll bathe tonight I want your skulls I need your skulls I want your skulls I need your skulls Demon I am and face I peel to see your skin turned inside out, 'cause gotta have you on my wall gotta have you on my wall, 'cause I want your skulls I need your skulls I want your skulls I need your skulls collect the heads of little girls and put 'em on my wall hack the heads off little girls and put 'em on my wall I want your skulls I need your skulls I want your skulls I need your skulls

bonanzataz

#61
July 15, 2003, 03:53:13 PM
i'd like to see what happens after they cut to the next scene. how the shot continues. ellen burstyn probably screaming "YOU FUCKING FUCK ASSHOLE SHITWHORE COCKMUNCHER!" that'd be a sight.
The corpses all hang headless and limp bodies with no surprises and the blood drains down like devil's rain we'll bathe tonight I want your skulls I need your skulls I want your skulls I need your skulls Demon I am and face I peel to see your skin turned inside out, 'cause gotta have you on my wall gotta have you on my wall, 'cause I want your skulls I need your skulls I want your skulls I need your skulls collect the heads of little girls and put 'em on my wall hack the heads off little girls and put 'em on my wall I want your skulls I need your skulls I want your skulls I need your skulls

filmcritic

#62
July 15, 2003, 04:08:54 PM
The stories, the rumors, and so on can just continue and continue. But let's not forget about how great the film is. We might need a whole extra thread for the rumors and stories.
"You're too kind."
-Richard Roeper

"You're too cruel."
-Roger Ebert

Ghostboy

#63
July 15, 2003, 04:28:18 PM
No we don't. I think this one will do nicely.

godardian

#64
July 17, 2003, 12:02:58 AM
I love The Exorcist. I think Burstyn was something special, and I think she's really wonderful in it. I think Friedkin gets a little overrated as a director, but it's undeniable that he had the magic when it came to this one. I thought the re-release was a little hokey, but it was still swell to see it all spiffed up and looking/sounding great. [/i]
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

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Mesh

#65
July 17, 2003, 10:51:55 AM
Quote from: godardianI thought the re-release was a little hokey, but it was still swell to see it all spiffed up and looking/sounding great. [/i]

Yeah, they shoulda just added the deleted scenes, if only to satisfy fan curiosity about Blatty's intentions for the film.  The dolled-up SFX additions were a sizeable distraction—inappropriate, haunted-house, digitally-cut-and-pasted-in faces on the wall are just not up to par with the truly elemental, visceral terror the FX shots elicited in the original.

godardian

#66
July 19, 2003, 12:01:34 PM
Quote from: Mesh
Quote from: godardianI thought the re-release was a little hokey, but it was still swell to see it all spiffed up and looking/sounding great. [/i]

Yeah, they shoulda just added the deleted scenes, if only to satisfy fan curiosity about Blatty's intentions for the film.  The dolled-up SFX additions were a sizeable distraction—inappropriate, haunted-house, digitally-cut-and-pasted-in faces on the wall are just not up to par with the truly elemental, visceral terror the FX shots elicited in the original.

Yes, that's exactl what I was talking about. Leaving that shit out would've been a real improvement. Still, it didn't really ruin it for me; the rest of it's too nicely done. Imperfections, but not overwhelming ones.
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

filmcritic

#67
July 22, 2003, 02:04:10 PM
Any word yet?
"You're too kind."
-Richard Roeper

"You're too cruel."
-Roger Ebert

Ghostboy

#68
July 22, 2003, 02:15:30 PM
Aw crap, I was hoping this would just sink to the bottom so  I wouldn't have to disappoint you all. The answer is no. The individual with the tape is no longer friends with my friend the actor, thus retrieving it would be difficult. I'm sorry if I got all your hopes up...

markums2k

#69
July 22, 2003, 02:42:17 PM
I saw that 'version nobody ever thought of' version or whatever.  It was pretty creepy, but just seemed overly clunky and gory.  Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever seen a really great scary movie.  I have more fond memories of TV shows like Monsters and Tales from the Darkside more than anything...

Seriosuly, scariest thing I ever saw was the CBS mini-series called 'Intruders'.  I bought it used somewhere online and I still can't watch it alone.  You all will probably think I'm retarded if you've ever seen it.  Oh well.  More eye rolling.   :roll:

modage

#70
July 22, 2003, 02:43:41 PM
who else thinks that markums is retarted now?
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

filmcritic

#71
July 22, 2003, 03:15:11 PM
Oh well. That's alright. At least I'll be able to sleep alright without a bunch of disturbing visions flashing through my head.

Markums2k, I agree with you. As I've been saying, the original version of the film is much better. The restored one has a lot of not needed footage.

By the way, the restored version has been in video stores forever now. It's been hard trying to find the original 25th anniversery on DVD. But I found it! I found it on my trip in New York and I'm really glad I did.
"You're too kind."
-Richard Roeper

"You're too cruel."
-Roger Ebert

rustinglass

#72
July 22, 2003, 03:34:55 PM
markums, do you mean Real Monsters? Man, I loved that show...

edit: you should watch Amenebar's Tesis.
"In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernise, not understanding that the western world is bipolar, with very good things and very bad things. Since they don't have experience of the west, they even believe that western shit is pie."
-Emir Kusturica

Alethia

#73
July 22, 2003, 03:39:23 PM
haha that show was the shit

MacGuffin

#74
August 14, 2003, 12:37:24 PM
Exorcist: The Beginning: Controversy is brewing over an article this week in UK newspaper The Independent. According to it, Director Paul Schrader apparently handed in his final cut of the film last week and Warners execs "simply didn't like it - it doesn't have any of the "turning heads and projectile vomit" they were anxious to see". With post production still to go, the direction the film will now take is unsure. Instead of being a gore fest, Schraeder's take is described as "a picture that combines colonial-era action and adventure with personal introspection and deeper psychological horror", a tone which star Gabriel Mann is in favour of - "it's the film that seriously makes the closest attempt to get back to elements that made the first one so great. [It has] a kind of creeping, growing eeriness that permeates inside you until you realise you're really scared and freaked out. Audiences should expect for things not to happen the way they're used to... to think about things that are both scary and mysterious".
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