[DamienKarras]

I was going through the paper today and lo and behold there was an article on the blu-ray release of the movie. It was definitley surprising. Some of you may have read it, but hey =P

 

it reads as follows… (Plagarism..? noooooo =-)

 

Exorcist Blu-ray offer fresh perspective on thriller classic

By Mike Cidoni

 

LOS ANGELES, CALIF* They've scared up something new for fans of The Exorcist.

  This weeks Blu-Ray debut of Director William Friedkin's 1973 thriller classic delivers behind-the-scenes material never before released to the public.

  While we were filming the picture, Owen Roizman, the cinematographer, had a hand-held camera,” Friedkin recalled.  “He was recording various things that happened during the preparation, during the makeup tests, during the manifestation techniques.”

  Roizman's footage shows then 13-year-old star Linda Blair at ease and then at work, giving a performance while often strapped to an array of uncomfortable special effects contraptions.

  “One minute she's smiling, laughing, acting like a 13-year-old, and two seconds later she's into the character,” Roizman said.

  Blair, now 51, said she'll never forget the pea soup that doubled for the vomit her demon possessed character spews all over co-stars Max Von Sydow and Jason Miller.  ” I really do think they put in some other things for the substance, the texture.  The smell was beyond foul.”

  To prepare the original footage for Blu-ray release, Friedkin said he spent months poring over the film, frame by frame.  Only when that was done, did he sit down and watch the movie for the first time in “a long time.”

  “It worked for me, after 38 years.  I think it has great power.”

 

Caption under picture: Max Von Sydow and Linda Blair starred in The Exorcist, considered by many to be the scariest movie ever, was released on Blu-ray this week.

 

 

SORRY FOR THE BAD QUALITY PICTURE, Hehe.

[Jason Stringer]

That's great, thanks for posting! Nice to see The Exorcist getting great coverage thanks to this tremendous Blu-ray release.

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