[Jaygon]

Remember that the demon continually screamed Merrin’s name before he arrived.It knew he was coming.
I take the demons eyes to mean; “Finally. You are hear. Get ready for it. This will be the final showdown. This time I will win”.
The demon desperately wanted to foil Merrin as result of earlier humiliations and defeat. The look on Regans face in this shot is very focused, almost hypnotic. There is a sense of tension.
That’s my take on it.
Jay.

[granville1]

Good interpretation, Jay – at least that’s how this scene always affected me…

[Jason Stringer]

I agree with Jay here, I think that’s what Friedkin wanted the audience to feel.

[granville1]

The Beginning was total trash whereas Tarantino does have some artistic flair. However, with MIKE, I also feel the need to shower after watching Tarantino.

I got that same “dirty” feeling with The Beginning. It’s as if both filmmakers sprayed their glandular secretions all over the screen, and if audiences got splattered… so m

So I would agree with Captain Howdy that The Beginning was trash, but also with MIKE that both The Beginning and Tarantino’s films convey an almost palpable sense of filth and nastiness.

[granville1]

What the heck happened? I thought I was replying in another thread vis a vis Tarantino and The Beginning. Sorry – must have gotten off track somehow.

[granville1]

Okay – fixed it. For anybody who cares, it’s back in a modified form in the Tarantino thread.

[Jason Stringer]

I care, granville 🙂

[granville1]

Thanks, Cap’n… appreciate your overlooking my goof – I still don’t know how I did it..

[pazrags]

hi i have a question in the film when we see merrin coming in a cab we see the demon looking with his eyes wide open and then we see merrin get out of the cab. what was the demon looking at the audienence before merrin gets out of the cab supposed to mean???

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