CaptainHowdy.com The #1 Exorcist Fansite Since 1999
Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
ratboy,
On your note, I agree that the movie ended with Regan indeed remembering something despite Chris's statement to Dyer that, “She doesn't remember a thing.” In fact, Friedkin and/or Blatty wanted me (maybe others) to believe that Dyer's collar was Regan's recollection trigger despite one of the original scripts reading:
“Chris gets into the car, but Regan stands staring at Dyer's collar. She leans forward and kisses Father Dyer on the cheek. Not sure of what she has done, she retreats to the car.”
With that said, a sequel was never in the minds of either the writer or the director at that time and certainly did not have an impact on whether the turkey follow-up film The Heretic was a blip on the radar. Friedkin had wrapped the film, with this insightful scene, to reflect the feelings that Regan had regarding Dyer and past events. This is also without the knowledge that WB would want to go forward with any sequel.
As far Boorman, Deliverance did have an impact on choosing directors and I believe granville about Boorman hating the original because Boorman basically slaughtered the script too many times to make any kind of sense. Even Blair admitted that the film she started, ended up very differently.
I can recall when the film came out and I wanted it to be incredible … just as incredible as the original. Alas, even Burton couldn't save it despite his popularity in film at the time. (Yes, he was tanking out, but still had some box office draw.) However, without more familiar faces in the follow-up film, I believel audiences couldn't connect and feel that same type of suspense that the Blatty/Friedkin team created. Incorporate tin-foil pulsing lightbulbs, swarms of locusts, an African locale, and a rotten director, and we got exactly what we didn't want … a disaster.
Father B
Morgan Creek will probably throw another one out in the next few years. They have to recoup their losses from the two turkey versions they created.
Father B
RatBoy said:
And don't forget that fish she brought with her and kept in the tub.
Which explains why the entire family had a fishy odor.
Father BÂ
Sofia said:
Hi, Father B!!
Yes, but we do not mind about the missing sound. ;))
Hi Soph!
IÂ agree!
Unfortunately, Cap said it won't be there. I guess it's either too time consuming and costly or it just doesn't make sense in the context of how Friedkin and/or Blatty filmed it (although we would disagree!).
Father B
Regan88,
Search YouTube and you'll find a whole series of documentaries from various sources. Some have been there for years.
Father B
Soph, it would nice but the sound is missing. But, then again, they figured out how to take the very crude sound file that was recorded during the Kinderman and Dyer ending scene and managed to pull it out very nicely.
It would be great to have the sightseeing tour added, even if it required a dubbing job. Anything is really possible today. I'm not sure if it would break the film's continuity, but it would add more meaning to the relationship between Chris and Regan.
We shall see …
Father B
JSM, there have been several articles online since October mentioning the TBA 40th anniversary blu-ray. Just Google and you'll find pretty much the same information about a late 2013 release date.
Ratboy, I think you may be reading (or I am mis-reading) the words “new high def Blu-ray” that Blatty mentions in Ryan's post. I would assume Blatty means new packaging and the 40-minutes of extras because I can't imagine the quality of the blu-ray will change because Friedkin and Roizman did such a great job the first time around. In fact, it's flawless.
As far as purchasing another blu-ray with a different box cover or special packaging or an extra few minutes of video, I will pass, too.
Father B
Or … just take Regan's mind and soul out of the equation.
Imagine one of the many demons that ultimately took complete control over Regan's body by possessing her in the early morning hours of the church desecration.
Now, think of the pleasure that this deity (or deities who shall be named “Pazuzuâ€) took in destroying a blessed and holy sanctuary.
Overall, focus on the goal that “Pazuzu†had to obtain in seeking final revenge against their archenemy.
To me, the answers lie in the namesake.
Father B
[Sounds like a remote riddle, doesn't it?]
granville1 said:
Thank you, Fr. Bowdern. The whole thing was just a travesty. She had no Dr's Klein and Tanney, nor did she have the sharp, cutting intellect and complete honesty of a Fr. Karras. I'm somewhat agnostic on the question of the afterlife, but if it exists, I hope she is resting among the Blessed.
Â
Great reply as usual, gran. Enjoy the upcoming holidays!
Father B
granville1 said:
I'd like to second Fr. Bowdern's statement that the Michel case did not exhibit any parnormalia, and if it had, parapsychology has naturalistic, rather than supernaturalistic, methods of explanation. This is what tormented Karras in the novel – every time he was presented with a seemingly supernatural event, his research kept throwing him back into naturalistic explanations. Further, the content of the Michel “demon's” speech did not exhibit any preternatural wisdom of the kind that Blatty was careful to impute to the demon of his novel. The Michel case was mental illness, and the symptoms, such as the deep, booming voice, are naturalistically explainable. Michel's doctors and priests unconsciously acted in collusion to make her sicker, and sealed her fate.
gran, that last sentence is gloriously true …
