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Welcome PF! Take a quick tour around this site and read some of the Discussion Forums. We have some serious fans here and it fun to talk film, to critique, to discuss.
Also, I really like this scene because it uses the tactics the Roman Polanski did in Rosemary’s Baby by shooting an entire scene from beginning to end with only one camera … very real and subtle.
I just watched the scene again (for the 1000th time). ? Kinderman proposes that a very powerful man killed Burke first and then pushed him out of Regan’s window. Kinderman points out that Regan was the only one in the room. There are two important points that Blatty/Friedkin lets us in on: 1. Kinderman has already seen Karl on two occasions (at the entrance, and then again when Karl asks Chris, “Will there be anything else, Madame?” Kinderman can positively eliminate Karl as the powerful man because of his age and physical traits. 2. Regan was the only in the room when Burke was pushed from the window and she has already been eliminated because of her physical aspects. Kinderman knows nothing about Regan’s “illness” or strength when the demon takes over.
Chris’ red flag is right after Kinderman’s questioning about visitors between the time Ms. Spencer left and the time Chris returned home. After Kinderman has made all his points, hunches, and opinions, Chris scratches her head and says, “Judas Priest, just a second.” This is the great build up to Chris’ red flag that Regan killed Burke. IMHO, Chris uses her acting talents to hide the fact that she knows Regan did it while following Kinderman’s insights into the fact that he believes a powerful man did the killing.
I agree that it’s spammy, Ryan. All images have been lifted from other websites and data is from sources like Wikipedia. It’s just a thrown together site that has no endorsements by WPB as it says along the bottom. That’s just an opinion when I Google the text and find it on Wikipedia and the fact that I see “VIEWIMAGES” on one of the photos. Just another fan who found out how to use a html. 😉
There are several “factual” points in this string, thus far, that are not correct at all. Too many in fact to point them all out. Forget what you’ve read elsewhere. The names and who did what are off base. You’ll find a whole plethora of truth on this website. Just look at the past postings and enjoy finding insightful information. 🙂
Okay, folks, here’s the best editing story yet featuring both William Friedkin and Mercedes McCambridge. These two interviews were commingled at one point in Mark Kermode’s superior behind-the-scenes documentary, The Fear of God: The Making of The Exorcist (a.k.a) The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist.
More than likely, a contractual disagreement came into play which provides the rationale as to why McCambridge was cut from the documentary altogether.
This is the original edit of both Friedkin and McCambridge explaining the story of “the voice behind the demon.”
Located here and another wonderfully edited version is here.As far as the ending of the vomit scene involving Karras, I think it’s a great finale to show that very brief glimpse of Eileen Dietz because it is so shadowed and so brief. The second round of Dietz vomiting onto the purple stole during the exorcism is naturally Dick Smith’s vomit gadget and is quite powerful in that particular scene.
If you’re looking for an “oddity” in that scene, you can look under the category I created about Bloopers on this site. Again, here’s the post I did about the vomit gadget (and, yes, you can click the photo to enlarge it):
Now that I think about it, I wrote about this same scene in some other post on here. I like your take on how the scene is portrayed when you view it etrigan. That means the scene says different things to different people. And, yes, F’ng brilliant!
Ryan,
Another great find! Thanks for sharing this … I was lucky enough to get Miller’s autograph on a 8×10 B&W Exorcist still (along with Max’s, Ellen’s, Linda’s, and Mercedes, buried somewhere in my home after moving from one state to another).
FB
Of all scenes, the one Cap wrote about is my favorite for all the same reasons. It is truly an intimate moment played out by superb actors and directed by a brilliant director who draws us into the scene about the red flag for Chris that Regan killed Burke.
