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Yeah that's all over the Blu-ray forums. Thankfully I got an email from Amazon this morning saying mine has been shipped and should arrive by the 12th.
This will be a long, long, week though.
By the way, Father B, you might want to check out this interview with Linda Blair. There's a snipper of behind the scenes footage from the spiderwalk scene… you can see one of the crew wiping blood from Hager's mouth.
I wouldn't worry too much, I think they ship orders depending on location. Some people claim their copy was sent out last Friday. Hopefully yours will ship today (it's the 5th there now, isn't it?).
Justin said:
By the way, Father B, you might want to check out this interview with Linda Blair. There's a snipper of behind the scenes footage from the spiderwalk scene… you can see one of the crew wiping blood from Hager's mouth.
That's gotta finally put that one to bed then.
Sofia said:
I must say that I literally cried before starting to watch 'The Trip to Washington', after waiting 10 years for this. Only now, I feel disappointed by Linda and Ellen's acting at the end of the scene (when they talk about death). That was such a serious, touching moment in the novel, and I was expecting it to be exactly like it: Regan is solemn and sad and has her eyes misted with tears when she asks her mother 'why do people have to die? and 'why does God let them'. But, Linda and Ellen are actually giggling while talking about it…
I understand what you mean … Maybe Friedkin wanted to make the
contrast between the possessed Regan even stronger, making the “real” Regan extremely sweet …Oh great, there's delays on The blu ray (they didn't say they shipped it yet) and on my copy of the book by Mark Kermode.
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I understand what you mean … Maybe Friedkin wanted to make the
contrast between the possessed Regan even stronger, making the “real” Regan extremely sweet …
Author Bill Johnson shares my opinion about Regan of the novel 🙂
“If Regan is very shy and diffident, it will make what's going to follow all the more dramatic and shocking. “
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Ceru said:
(I will say though, the Regan and Chris play-wrestling scene verges on saccharine!)
That scene presages what's going to come later , when they have another physical altercation (the original ending of the spiderwalk, and the crucifix scene) while Chris tries to take the crucifix off Regan's hands she's shouting the same things: “Give it, give it to ME!!”
Friedkin talked about this on the VYNS commentary.
Jagged said:
Justin said:
By the way, Father B, you might want to check out this interview with Linda Blair. There's a snipper of behind the scenes footage from the spiderwalk scene… you can see one of the crew wiping blood from Hager's mouth.
That's gotta finally put that one to bed then.
Yes, it is true, it finally put that one to bed. Thank Heaven! My real disappoint now lies in the fact that I believed Mark Kermode whe he said had access to all the archive footage and that Friedkin said there was no other alternative versions of the spiderwalk shot. I enjoy the Fear of God, but now I have a very different POV from the “expert” on the film, The Exorcist.
Father Bowdern
I wouldn't trust anything Friedkin says. He's a genius but also a total headcase (you'll love going through all the articles Mike sent me to scan – hopefully they'll be up on the site soon. So many wonderfully nutty Friedkin quotes).
In an issue of Rue Morgue he claims the bloody shot was from his “personal collection” and that he “saw it in the first showing of the film.” Not entirely sure what he means by that, but it sounds like BS.
As for it not appearing in FOG, I think that would be due to the alternate version & Burstyn reaction shots being on the end of completely different reel to the other spiderwalk footage which everyone had forgotten about (according to Blatty, anyway). Kermode had access to everything, but went by the documents WB sent them which only roughly listed what footage is where.
When Fear Of God was made, a re-release with added scenes was in planning (TVYNS was, ideally, supposed to celebrate 25 years, but was late in execution– partly because of time taken to find and restore footage).
Perhaps Kermode found both spiderwalks and was politely asked to keep the bloody version under wraps so it could have full impact in the director's cut?
I'd trust anything Kermode says over Friedkin any day. (Sorry, Bill, but you have thrown some wild ones out there in the past!)
Guys, I know I've been hard on Friedkin before … and he deserves it to say the least and now:
“In an issue of Rue Morgue he claims the bloody shot was from his “personal collection” and that he “saw it in the first showing of the film.” Not entirely sure what he means by that, but it sounds like BS.” Agreed if he was trying to flesh that one out.Â
I honestly thought Kermode had full access to the vaults as he repeated over the years and that includes his statements in the FOG documentary. Apparently not. I can see Justin's points about the Burstyn reactions for both alternative versions; one includes that of Sharon and Chris. I can also see the Cap's version of this “damned bloody variant” as being a realistic probability for the 2000 release. I'm sure WB probably has even more footage hidden in the catacombs to spring upon us in a few years.
Now, let's talk about that vomit apparatus that Blair claims she wore!Â
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Father Bowdern
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