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I think howdythere is pointing out how different the scenes for which that each particular scene is so far apart, yet it uses the same shot. There’s really a lighting issue and it doesn’t match when you watch it. I just never noticed it before, so I think it’s cool catch. Perhaps in the HD release, they will do a pan-and-zoom or add another piece of footage in its place or edit it out.
Which leads me to my intention. I am posting a “Bloopers, Whoops, and What???” new post on here. It seems like we’re all kind of mixing it up on several different posts and I think it would be fun to put them altogether; e.g., Justin’s find on the wires during the levitation is the best one found so far unlike my silver spoon reflection … if I have time, I’ll at least collect my own and put them in the “Bloopers …” post.
Yeah. The diary of the real case lists farting and the other things you mention. I’m pretty sure that the sound of fart in The Exorcist would have evoked so much laughter that the scene would be implausible (and that’s not what the two Bill’s were looking for). Can you imagine the scene if you HEAR a fart! 😉
Hey howdy, I did post that trailer in an entry on here (I have no idea where). It was the original theatrical trailer and, quite frankly from what I can remember, Linda’s voice with the sound effects added, did not go over well when audiences heard it in the theater. Friedkin was just brilliant in being dissatisfied with Blair’s voice with the stupid “echoing” sound that the sound guys added. It sucked and he put Mercedes voice in place of Blair’s.
BTW, I read an article years ago where Mercedes said that Friedkin was full of crap about the, “McCambridge came into my mind’s eye …,” when he was talking about “his unique abilities of thinking about her.” In fact, she said Friedkin’s contact with her came only AFTER Executive Producer, Noel Marshall, her friend, suggested it. Friedkin is such a egotist and car salesman 🙂
That sounds more legit Ghetto. I agree that Blatty probably wrote something like that into his novel. After all, he mentions that what Karras is thinking about when he smells Regan’s bedroom. The demon “read his mind” and said something like, “smells like sauerkraut doesn’t it?”
Here’s another one that “gets” me every time I see it. Lt. Kinderman asks for an autograph from Chris. She replied, “Where’s a pen?” while looking directly at the canister of full of pens! (At least Burstyn was observant of her surroundings despite the set decorator’s boo boo!)
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dsea, how many films have we all scene over the years where a fart is the main scene stealer filled with laughter? They would have taken any seriousness out of that scene by that sound alone no matter how they finagled it. 😉
Oh, boy, you’re a riot! Sofia to the rescue on the actual smell! She did not fart to my knowledge, but your comment is funny as hell! 🙂
Not so sure about that one because McCambridge was hired after the scene was shot. Although, the voices could have been recorded and Blair had to learn to mouth what she heard on a tape. Much like lip-syncing only much, much harder. But, hey, she was 14 and had a lot of time on her hands while sitting the makeup chair for about three hours a day.
Well, after reading these replies, I’m still under the impression that Blair is lying about not knowing what she was saying or what she was doing.
Remember that Blatty AND Friedkin were looking for a very mature 12- to 14-year-old to play the part and they both, in various interviews, said Linda fit that mold very well.
I grew up in a big intercity, like Linda. I was about her age when she played the part. Trust me, if you hear or see the word “Fuck” and don’t know what it means by the time you’re 14, you’re going to get “Fucked” and know what it means right away. If she really was that naive (HA!), I find it incredibly hard to fathom that a 14-year-old girl wouldn’t ask why she was saying, “Let Jesus fuck you,” while slamming a crucifix in a box soaked with fake blood located directly in her crotch!
I stand by what I said earlier, and with hatter’s comment, “She’s full of SHIT!”
Hey dsea … I didn’t see that one, but I watch a documentary on the Science Channel with very religious scientists who were trying to prove the shroud was real. But, when they took a sample of the blood remnant, it turned out to be paint (I believe it was iron oxide … one of the paints in medieval times, if I remember this correctly). Of course paint was not the only measure used to examine the shroud … it failed, unfortunately, all tests including carbon dating which is has never been wrong yet. The shroud was made several decades after Christ’s death and it could not have been made during his death. Bummer.
Personally, I think it would have been a great piece of evidence that Jesus existed. However, as it turns out it was a hoax played by a very sophisticated medieval painter(s).
Ben, I see that etrigan has some raised important questions. I now consider you a “guru” on the subject. I’d love to hear your thoughts and insights, too.
As an aside, in terms of the reality of religion, when I think about the Shroud of Turin, I wanted to desperately believe in it. But, being a scientist raised as a Roman Catholic, I could only concur with what science has to offer on the subject. It’s a wonderful thing to behold, but the evidence just isn’t there … unless we are true believers and can ignore the fact that the “blood” on the shroud is actually a form paint used in medieval times. The debate still rages … 🙂
