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Andrew Wilson
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 784
From: dundonald,belfast,co.antrim,northern ireland.
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted July 24, 2007 03:52 PM
I have read several comments on this forum recently with ref.to
features vs cut downs.In my view,if ever a cut down worked it is for this title.
Released in 1973,this was warner bros biggest box office hit of the
day.It took a then staggering $82 million at the box office.Big money back in 73.
This condesation opens in Iraq where we see a group of arcacologists busy on a dig.An edlery gentleman breaks opens a small rock,revealing a devils head.
Desert dogs howl,and it is clear that a evil spirit has been unleased.
We then move to Georgetown,USA,where a mother(Ellen Burstyn)is
worried about her twelve-year-old daughter,Regan(Linda Blair),who
is having constant nightmares.Those quickly develop into more violent outbursts as she physically attacks her own doctor.
The doctors are at a loss to help,but the mother is amazed when
one of them askes her if she has ever considerd a exorcism.
She must, however,admit that her daughter does seem possessed-
Regan begins speaking with a growling male voice and shouting obscenitices.That infamous scene with the crucifix is included,
before the mother calls in Father Karras(Jason Miller).
He is more than shocked,when Regan spews green vomit all over his
face.
Everthing is set for the final exorcism as Father Merrin(Max Von Sydow),is called in to begin the service...
As Regan,now a festering,twisted monster,screams the most foul language,we witnewss the quite shattering climax....
All the best remerberd scences are in this skilfully edited condensation are here.What more could you want.?Excellent.
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted July 22, 2016 12:09 PM
Trevor ...
The reason for the change between letterboxing and full frame is that this 400ft print was taken from a full frame 35MM or 16MM which, when originally released, has different shots, due to processing of shots (special effect and such), and those shots were already matted for the aspect ratio that it would have theatrically, and when shown in theaters, there would be masking added to the whole print to make it all the same aspect ratio throughout.
I have a super 8 optical print of "Greystroke: The legend of Tarzan" that is in the ame category. The print was taken from the original shooting negative ratio,and the very last shot, a scenic shot of the jungle, was actually a large matte painting, but you can actually see the edges of the matte painting as well as the easel it standa on, on the top and the bottom but, of course, when properly matted to ggive it it's theatrical aspect ratio, those things would be unseen.
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David M. Ballew
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 113
From: Burbank, CA USA
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted July 25, 2016 04:26 PM
SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT!
A major theme running through acts one and two of The Exorcist is Father Karras’s ongoing worry that his decision to become a priest has been for naught. He feels that if he had pursued a secular career, he would be in a better position to help his declining mother. Over and above that, his counseling of other priests is causing him to doubt his faith—perhaps even lose it altogether. The director, William Friedkin, explores this (and the film's other themes) with very deliberate observational filmmaking. I can see where this approach might seem boring to many people, especially those for whom the film overall is not their cup of tea. But I want to underline that I personally place great importance on all that is said and shown prior to the climactic exorcism.
All Father Karras's doubt is fully and firmly resolved for him in the third act. I know we are not meant to delve into religion on this board, so I will limit myself to saying that, after Regan levitates from the bed, there is a mighty change in Father Karras. He begins to see that he has made the right choice from the beginning. And I feel that this character arc only resonates as powerfully as it does because we have been permitted to walk a mile alongside Father Karras, so to speak, during a substantial portion of the film’s running time. Instead of an empty shell of a horror film, as we so often get, we are offered instead a probing and unusual drama in which carefully textured characters encounter the supernatural—and not merely the evil side of the supernatural, not by a long shot!
Having said all that, I will add that there are moments I feel are a bit excessive. But I accept William Peter Blatty’s explanation, that he really sought to illustrate the depravity of evil. He felt that pulling his punches would undermine the stark contrast he was trying to draw between evil and good.
I am now very intrigued at the prospect of tracking down a 400-foot extract of The Exorcist.
[ July 26, 2016, 10:16 PM: Message edited by: David M. Ballew ]
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