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Father Merrin, thanks for the very nice article.
If you can find it, Felicitas Goodman’s book, “The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel” is a very informative documentation of the case, plus offering a neurological explanation of the “possession”.
Clara Bellar – she seemed the more authentic Nazi concentration camp victim. Her complexion is better than Scorupco’s, who has an unfortunate wen on her cheek which must be a yard wide on the big screen. Also – and this is due to Dominion’s superior screenplay – she stays in character and is not put thru the goofy “possession” symptoms that plagued Scorupco. Only at the end was she possessed – but this was along with the rest of the people who were turning to violence and insanity in the minutes before Merrin exorcises Che Che.
Bellar’s character is more sympathetic and grounded than Scorupco’s.Yeah, Justin… this guy seems really stuck on himself and is saying nasty things about captainhowdy.com. He has a lot of nerve posting here after he’s dissed everybody.
Interesting solution – thanks. Karras would have been “wandering the C&O Canal” still wearing the black slacks and dark blue sweater he had been wearing during the exorcism – when he was discovered _after_ the night of the exorcism.
Fr Lamont
The theme I’m thinking of was not heard in The Beginning – it was specifically written by Badalementi for Dominion.
Regarding Dominion’s soundtrack music – Badalamenti composed a nice theme. However, it is _extremely_ similar to the theme for War o f the Worlds. Not the Speilberg-John Williams movie, but the cheapo Brit production of the same year. Interesting coincidence – probably no plagiarism involved, just an odd coincidence.
Thanks for your kind words…
I think from context that we _can_ be sure that the setting is _meant_ to be Advent or Christmas – obviously if Francis is teaching a Christmas tune, the season must be Merry.
However, as I said, the effect at least to me was rather jarring because there were no other Christmas references in the film. When Advent/Christmas music is performed, there are usually ornaments, sacred or secular hanging about, but I didn’t see any clues in that direction – not even what might be construed as African Christmas motifs. The kids’ father is shown in another deleted scene painting a mural, but it, too, seems not to be a Christmas theme…
Maybe Schrader thought that too much Christmas emphasis might be a show-stopper by placing the film too solidly in a particular time of year. Much like Friedkin gives one, and only one, reference to season – Halloween, when trick or treaters run past Burstyn when she’s walking back from the movie location.
Re: how I knew about the music. Just from memory on Legion, there’s a credit given to the “choir boy” song, and I think it is “Laus Tibi Gloria, Domine”, or some combination of those words – Dourif sings it, then it’s repeated during the End Credits.
Re: the Dominion Christmas tune, it’s just a traditional church tune – if I’m not mistaken it wasn’t/isn’t only the RCC that used it, and its Latin lyrics, but some mainstream Protestant churches sometimes did the same – you know, like how the Latin lyrics are sometimes retained in non-Catholic services for the Christmas carol, “O, Come all Ye Faithful” (“Adeste Fidelis”).
No flame, I just think they are different. Legion is “Gloria Laus Tibi, Domine”, and Dominion’s snipped scene is “Veni, Veni Emmanuel” – “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” the Christmas song. I thought it was a bit inappropriate showing it being taught in the classroom without any other specific Advent or Christmas season.
