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Holy7,
Father Merrin/Father Karras:
Karras: I think I should tell you about the different personalities that have manifested …
Merrin: There is only one.
She has a 200 IQ and does not need to be taught anything that the devil didn’t already teach her. [Didn’t Blair do a nude pictorial in Penthouse or something similar? I remember the caption on the front the mag that read: “The Devil Made Me Do It!” How original.
Thank God this didn’t appear in the film! Thank God Friedkin told Schriffin to “GET OUT!” [Pun intended.]
Lunuso is right … read the book … it’s better than the movie and fills you in on the gaps you don’t about in the movie! When I was about 13, I read the book and when I finished reading a chapter or two, I stored the copy between my bed and wall (about a 12″ space). One night a heard the sound of paper tearing. I investigated. Yep, the pages were eaten down along the front. As Karl would have said to me: “Maybe rats?” I’m not sure, because we never had a mice/rat problem in my home. So, “Maybe, demon?” Scared the hell out of me as a Catholic kid.
I guess it’s just too hard to judge. When I put it together, I see the original scene with the stunt double walking and then twisting back over so that Blair could complete the tongue-forking special effect. It also occurred to me that maybe (maybe) WB had enough money to film a very brief scene like that one (lasting a mere 3-4 seconds) to try to add the bloody mouth effect. Personally, it just doesn’t add up some perspective and I guess we’ll be stumped until can get a hold of Friedkin, Blatty, or the stunt person and ask for the real answer.
As far as “removing the wires,” has anyone scene the original? I haven’t. But, if they can use wires in the levitation scene (piano wires painted in white and black alternating colors), then it could be done easily for that scene considering how far back the camera’s were positioned and the fact that they used heavy-gauge fishing wire to do it.
Okay, I’m pretty sure that colombiancannon’s assessment is in touch with reality (for the film that is). If you watch this clip http://youtube.com/watch?v=tbfnWc7vVco you will hear the original musical strings sequence. The scene was smart to remove by Friedkin because when you put it into perspective, it doesn’t add anything but sheer simplistic stereotypical horror-movie garbage that had already been played out so many times before (Oooh, look … Reagan’s a spider or a crab!). Friedkin had no desire to take a horror-film approach, yet wanted the film to give a documentary style to something that millions of folks that couldn’t understand the theological and psychological material they were viewing (read the book and you get absorbed into Blatty’s world). Also, I am not convinced that the blood from the stunt double’s mouth is either real with a CGI mix or just plain CGI (the latter my choice in beliefs). You can check it out again here and let me know what you think: http://youtube.com/watch?v=o-4f_NMUxcY&feature=related
If Spielberg’s crew can create a realistic T-rex in CGI, then the blood wouldn’t be a problem for an older film that need that extra oomph for newer audiences.Howdy,
Perfect line! I remember it too and I wish that it hadn’t been cut from the original. Father Merrin should have a little liquor in his coffee for what he’s about to take place in! đ It looks like we are all zoning in on the TE:TVYNS, but I understand that WB wanted to cut the movie to two hours, so we were a little confused and gypped when the original came out I guess.
Well Justin, if this catches on, maybe WB will satisfy both of us. Or, maybe I could just paint the blood on myself … just for me. After all, that blood was CGI’d too, so maybe I’m just being goofy on why I liked it version the original version with Reagan turning around with a snake tongue flicking it out at Chris and Sharon. If you’ve seen it, it’s ridiculous! đ
I wonder if Blair would receive royalties at this point if the likeness is dead on? I know from experience with Warner Brothers that they send out their copyright police and do it quickly, but it seems that after this many decades after the making the film, that Blair would be a good position to receive some kind of compensation. I know, I know, she didn’t receive a dime in royalties for the film and she signed away her rights when she appeared in the film, but when it comes to figurines, I wonder if that crosses the line for an actor? Of course, figurines (IMHO) never look like the real thing? I have all the Alien figures and they never really as good as what’s depicted in the ad or on the box because they are mass-produced in a foreign country by okay “artists.” My only treasure from Aliens is the actual chest burster! đ Now, WB, don’t get cheap and clean up your act on the figurine and give us a real look alike and pay Blair some royalties for her likeness. Columbiancannon: “I WILL FIND A REGULAR BARBIE DOLL AND FLIP IT OVER AND PUT PJâS ON IT AND MAKE MY OWN LIL STAIRS, SAVE MYSELF 200 DOLLARS.” I’m with you unless this box set is the thrill it’s supposed to be.
What gives with the photos here selling at close the $300.00? I know they’re supposed to be a gift to Al Taylor (whoever that is), but why on earth would Dick Smith go to the trouble of taking POLAROIDS!?! of pictures that have been out there since the movie was made? Hmmm … leaves me thinking the same thing as GhettoExorcist!
colombiancannon … I’ve had to pay up to $200.00 for Alien crap because it was limited edition. I’m sure you’re right that these will probably run in the $20.00 range and be painted so poorly that it wouldn’t matter if the figurine looked exactly like Blair. Also, does anyone find it interesting that they didn’t do this figurine with the blood pouring from the mouth, like that in TE:TVYNS (which was CGI’d to death!)?
Sorry to say it too: The Exorcist. After it was released, Linda was a child star without a real future in “Hollyweird.” It’s sad because she was nominated for an Oscar, but knocked out of winning because of the Mercedes McCambridge feud that was going on (Friedkin or his team should have made sure everything was handled through lawyers to seal every crack about McCambridge, but failed to do so). I guess the Academy voters couldn’t get past that what they were seeing was real acting and that Mercedes was the voice (albeit Mercedes had an incredible voice for this part). Duel ownership of a role just put Blair into the “I can’t be a Jodie Foster” field … and that’s ashamed. Who else could we even think of to do the part WITH a voice like Mercedes McCambridge? Couldn’t happen unless they hired a 40-year-old little person who chain-smoked and drank whiskey all day long! đ
I agree with Ghetto from the psych point. Also, the film constantly reminds of the physical phenom that the human body can withstand. There are several build-ups to this (albeit sometimes benign) in which the doctors are constantly reminding Chris that the problem with her daughter isn’t her brain, it’s her bed; Regan’s able to “lift” a 220-pound psychiatrist off the ground by his crotch; “a 90-pound woman sees her child pinned beneath a car and she lifts it off to save her …” So, put two and two together and I think we may have a winning combo of why Regan’s head can do a 360. Comparison: Regan’s eyes rolling so far back into her head that the orbital muscles would rip away in a “normal” human to that of a 360 head spin. The is made to inspire us with visceral effects and you like this one too.
Either choice is good with me. But von Sydow coming back would be the best in my eyes. But, I too doubt it. Anyway, I’m against the remake and my editorial above is nothing more than poking holes in a ridiculous remake.
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