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I got that book. Nice cover illustration, decent content. Recommened. But still nothing on the level of quality as the Travers book.
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Ps. There’s a similar paperback on the making of The Heretic, and it actually will make any reader of it optimistic that the justifiably maligned film was handled by people who knew precisely what they were doing and doing to the ‘Exorcist’ name, and thus, that the film was gonna be a winner. Seriously, a good read!
I added books about The Exorcist to the bottom of this page:
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Nicoletta Elmi in in my opinion was looking beautiful but too strange as a child… Really the typical face you expect in a horror movie. Linda on the opposite was looking pretty normal and sweet, so the contrast with the posessed Regan was even more dramatic…
I don’t agree with you, hammer. 😉 To me, Nicoletta looked like the girl next door, and she’s exactly like Regan is described in the novel, with red hair, face full freckles, slender… That’s why I think of her as Rags. 🙂
Yes, I have that movie. It’s Who Saw her Die. But what do you mean by posting that picture? Are you upset because I think of her as Rags of the novel and not Linda? 😉
And Justy made this sometime ago. ;))
No at all… But I always thought that Nicoletta has the typical face for a horror movie… I find Linda “normality” in a way more “original” for a movie like the Exorcist and I am happy she got the role… Beside Linda, having a very normal face and not a mysterious one, gives a kind of credibility to the character… You really think she is “real†and not a kid who is playing…
“and I am happy she got the role…”
Oh sure! I adore Linda. I collect her childhood work doing modelling and commercials. I just don’t visualize her as Rags of the novel. I wonder how people can, though.
Well yes, but I think that Friedkin at first wanted a redheaded child for the movie. He always said he was obsessed with the book and didn’t want to make any changes.
How about this picture of Nicoletta? Do you see her more as the girl next door? 🙂
No… Since I am Italian I know Nicoletta very, very well… and she always had a “strange” beautiful face (but later on she became more “girl next door”)…
You live in Italy? That’s so great! I live in Portugal, and have been a fan of Nicoletta for years. I respect your opinion, but to me, Nicoletta would’ve been perfect as Regan in the movie.
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