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3Demonic … I think you have great abilities! I hope you are applying them in a field of work that is both creative and exciting. 🙂
Father Bowdern
3Demonic,
Emphasizing Ghetto’s comment … you rock as an artist. Are those glass eyes? Fill us in on how you acheive these great works of art … I think you’ll find the fans on here are quite dedicated to the behind-the-scenes approaches.
Thanks for sharing these!
Father Bowdern
3Demonic,
I love this work!
Being inquisitive, are you and Pete Murphy the same person?
An original mention of Pete’s work came from this posting about the Captain Howdy/Pazuzu wall plaque. This was on sale on eBay a few weeks ago, and I actually wrote to the artist; unfortunately I never heard back:
On eBay, crazyclayer6o8u, from Raleigh, North Carolina, USA had this on sale:
http://captainhowdy.com/forum/the-exorcist-original/very-cool-captain-howdy-bust/The Pazuzu piece says it’s copyrighted © 2009 Peter Gabriel Murphy @ http://www.petemurph.com/
When I click on 3Demonic, the Linda Blair bust indicates it’s copyrighted © 2010 Killer Kits (Copyright © 2000/2005 3Demonic).
The talent is amazing, so I am making an assumption that Pete’s work and Killer Kits and 3Demonic are all the same, correct?
Father Bowdern
Hi AllBahanianGirl,
Yes to all your points. In fact, it really wasn’t until Detective Kinderman and Chris had their “tea time” conversation that Chris gets the “aha” moment about Regan killing Burke. Friedkin uses the camera in this entire scene to the best benefit by guiding the viewer closer to the who the killer really is … Regan. Chris’ expressions are the best indicators (and, of course, Burstyn is a superior actress who can pull off anything). Chris isn’t upset because of the interview conducted by Kinderman. We know when Kinderman leaves, and Chris closes the front door and chains it, that she is upset because Kinderman’s hypothesis is on target:
“KINDERMAN
Strange…strange…so baffling. The deceased comes to visit,
stays only twenty minutes, and leaves all alone a very sick girl.
And speaking plainly Mrs. MacNeil, as you say, it’s not likely he
would fall from a window. Besides that, a fall wouldn’t do to his
neck what we found except maybe a chance in a thousand. My hunch?
My opinion? I believe he was killed by a very powerful man: point
one. And the fracturing of the skull – point two – plus the
various things I have mentioned, would make it very probable –
probable, not certain – that the deceased was killed and then
pushed from your daughter’s window. But no-one was here except
your daughter. So how could this be? It could be one way: if
someone came calling between the time Miss Spencer left and the
time you returned. The servants, they have visitors?”The script is below regarding the Barringer Clinic:
EXTERIOR- BARRINGER CLINIC- DAY
The leaves blow as the camera zooms in on the Barringer Clinic.
INTERIOR- BARRINGER CLINIC- WARD- DAY
CLINIC DIRECTOR
It looks like a type of disorder that you rarely ever see
anymore, except in primitive cultures.We see Regan on a monitor screen. She’s in another fit, in bed
and restrained by straps.CLINIC DIRECTOR
We call it a somnambuliform possession.We cut to another angle of Regan who has slightly visible welts
on her face. She’s still screaming. We then cut to Regan, now
flat on her back, mumbling to herself.INTERIOR- BARRINGER CLINIC- DIRECTOR’S OFFICE- DAY
CLINIC DIRECTOR
Quite frankly, we don’t know much about it except that it’s
starts with some conflict or guilt that eventually leads to the
patient’s delusion that his body’s been invaded by an alien
intellegence; a spirit if you will.CHRIS
Look, I’m telling you again and you’d better believe it, I’m not
about to put her in a goddamn asylum!CLINIC DIRECTOR
It’s-CHRIS
And I don’t care what you call it! I’m not putting her away!CLINIC DIRECTOR
I’m sorry.CHRIS
You’re sorry. Christ, eighty-eight doctors and all you can tell
me is all of your bullshit…CLINIC DIRECTOR- There is one outside chance of a cure. I think
of it as shock treatment. As I say, there is an outside chance…CHRIS
Will you just name it, for God’s sake? What is it?MALE DOCTOR
Do you have any religious beliefs?CHRIS
No.FEMALE DOCTOR
What about your daughter?CHRIS
No, why?CLINIC DIRECTOR
Have you ever heard of exorcism?Chris looks at him baffled.
CLINIC DIRECTOR
It’s a stylized ritual in which rabbis or priests try to drive
out the so-called invading spirit. It’s pretty much discarded
these days, except by the Catholics who keep it in the closet as
a sort of embarrassment. It has worked, in fact, although not for
the reason they think, of course. It was purely the force of
suggestion. The victim’s belief in possession helped cause it;
and just in the same way this belief in the power of exorcism can
make it disappear.CHRIS
You’re telling me that, I should take my daughter to a witch
doctor? Is that it?The Clinic Director nods and looks at Chris.
Father Bowdern
Watch the movie and you will hear Burke’s voice coming from Regan’s mouth at the end of the masturbation scene. Burke (through Regan) asks Chris: “Do you know what she did, your cunting daughter?” Just prior to the voice emanating from Regan, her head turns “completely backwards.” Hint, hint, (obvious hint) to tidy away all the last and upcoming clues to Burke’s murderer provided by Kinderman to only be reinforced by Chris when she tells Karras that, “She killed Burke Dennings.” The “she” would “that thing upstairs” that is not her daughter.
From the book angle, look to Sofia’s comments … she can give quotes and paragraphs without even turning a page.
Father Bowdern
Nothing really exciting there other than a nun exiting a chapel. You could (could) base the resemblance of that nun on the customary statures in most Catholic churches today, and over the centuries. IOW, it is of human intelligence that we create images and share them with others. I am rather sure that Mother Mary nor her child sat for portraits or sketchings (although I’m sure the Polaroids are now beyond recognition). 🙂
Father Bowdern
Hmmm … I’m wondering if the Mercedes McCambridge materials adds up to the missing six minutes that was broadcast in an unusual 80-minute time slot in the UK. Jagged, does it look this may be the case? Are running times in the UK usually based on 30-minute increments? Most of the shows on BBC America have commercials, but I understand BBC UK is commercial free, right? Perhaps the missing 10 minutes was an add-on to the FOG.
Father Bowdern
Jagged,
Are we still talking about the FOG that aired on the BBC? If so, did you find that it ran about 74 minutes instead of 99 minutes? I don’t care if you memory is crap (so is mine), I’d just love to know what we missed on the 25th Anniversary DVD FOG version! 🙂
Father Bowdern
Jagged,
Excellent thoughts there. I agree with you. When the demon answers back with “the pen of my aunt,” I believe it was basic trickery. As an example, Karras was hoping for a detailed conversation in Latin to have proof that the possession was real, versus receiving very static answers that are “primer sentences” in the basics of that language.
Even more interesting is that both points needed by Karras to provide validity of the possession case for the church did not pan out when the speaking in foreign language test floundered and the holy water test (just tap water) had an opposite effect.
However, Karras got exactly what he wanted … the language in reverse from several voices chiming in.
I also believe the demon got exactly what he wanted … to destroy his arch enemy, Father Merrin.
Father Bowdern
Sof,
Hit the FaceBook “f” symbol in the upper-right-hand part of this page, just above Random Exorcist Image.
Father Bowdern
Hey Sof,
Get Ellen’s book. Her writing style is definitely something you will enjoy (another one of her hidden talents).
I have seen Blair in both movies. If I had to choose, I would pick “Sweet Hostage” as the best of those “cornball” TV movies and that includes Blair’s performance. Blair tries to be a performer in an acting sense, but she seems so uncomfortable and “camera/filming crew conscious.” Like you said, you didn’t want to be an actress … but, I’m sure the $1M price tags for made-for-tv movies didn’t look bad back then. I saw that Blair was the second highest paid actress in the 1970’s; only second to that of Elizabeth Montgomery in her made-for-tv movies.
I disgress … I think Linda is doing great work for animals.
Back to the subject. She just can’t act in my eyes. But, my eyes are different from yours and everyone elses. She was great in Roller Boogie, right? J/K! 🙂
Father Bowdern
