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Thanks, Paz.
Sorry, still have not rec'd the PM 🙁
Maybe there's a problem with my email? But everything seems to be coming in normally, so I don't know what's up.
Tricky subject matter. Saying too much would dispel his mystery so that when he appears in The Exorcist we may “know too much about” this essentially enigmatic figure…
Exactly. Ager is a moron. Neither Blatty nor Friedkin provide for any molestation theme whatsoever. Regan likes Burke – to the extent she invites him to her birthday party, which she wouldn't if he'd been molesting her.
I thought the Merrin-Karras stairs dialogue was an indispensable element that should never have been omitted in the first place. I'm glad it was re-inserted for TVNS.
Sofia said:
Oh, they also mentioned that they took a shot at narcosynthesis treatment. What is that exactly, granville?
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Hey, Sof – I think it's just the use of narcotics to induce different types of hypnotic states. From that, I postulate that this technique was used on the POWs in The Manchurian Candidate.
“I think this scene was deleted from the 2000 “director's cut”. “
No, it's still there. 😉
Thanks, hadn't noticed it – must be the narcosynthesis blocking my awareness 🙂
I'm sure Sof can answer all your questions. I do recall a black and white image of Regan at the clinic as seen on one of the clinic's monitors. She's kind of muttering and Tubular Bells is playing on the soundtrack. However, I think this scene was deleted from the 2000 “director's cut”.
Also, iirc, in the novel, Regan did not exactly consciously act out in any colossoly baffling fashion, but one of the clinicians wrote something to the effect, “also, some telekinetic effects have been observed” – i.e., Regan exhibeted some poltergeist or other paranormal phenomena at the clinic. I'm certain Sof can check my claims, correct them if necessary, and give you the big picture.
Thanks for the comments, Fr. B. Do you – or anyone else reading this – have any idea of what the original Heretic story was about? I've only heard vague rumors and statements from Blair that originally it was a very different, more intelligent film. Apparently Jon Voight was considered for the part of a young priest sent in to investigate the circumstances of the MacNeil-Karras case. But not all the actors targeted ever came on board and in the meantime the script went through multiple changes until it bore no resemblance to the initiating story. Just curious about what this film might have been…
