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Iron Fist said:
The only concern I have is who will be cast? These roles are so important to the fans that it would be a real tragedy not to get the right actors.
Chris: An actress who looks like Shirley MacLaine!!!!! (when she was young, of course). Regan: A child actress who looks like Mary Beth McDonough at the time she was 11/12 years old, playing Erin in The Waltons.
Pleease, it's what I ask for! For Chris and Regan to look exactly like Chris & Rags of the novel… with her sweet freckled face, and reddish blond hair. Sorry, I have a “thing” for reddish blond hair and freckles, so this means a lot to me. Of course, it doesn't mean anything to other fans. You would have to be me in order to understand…
(Maybe Fatherb understands? You're a fan of Shirley MacLaine, right ?)
My dream would come true…a miniseries of the novel… When I read this, I felt like I was going to faint. Please, it has to happen.
I think “Blizzi” had that avatar,too!! Yay,it's a great one! I hope she comes back to us, soon.
Btw, do you have myspace? If yes, add Mary Beth, please.
I'm creating a myspace for her.xxxx
YAY! You're welcome, KRosary!! 😀
So, do you love to watch the sequence when Karras is punching the bag? Or what about his barefoot in the scene with Dyer? I love Dyer's muscles, lol! I find him really attractive.
Jagged said:
That's Blatty describing the process of constructing the plot and how he wants the reader to feel whilst reading it.
Later in the same book he states:
“Even in terms of my novel, I have never known the demon's identity. I strongly doubt that he is Satan and he is certainly none of the spirits of the dead whose identity he sometimes assumes. If I had to guess, I would say he is Pazuzu, the Assyrian demon of the southwest wind. But I'm not really sure. I know only that he's real and powerful and evil and apparently one of many-and aligned with whatever is opposed to love.
Yes, I know, he stated that. I've read, 'Blatty on The Exorcist, from novel to film', a lot of times. I just love psychiatry and its theories, too. 😉
Have you read, The Story behind the Exorcist, by Peter Travers? Here's what Friedkin says to him in an interview (about this subject) :
“I would like to see people leaving the theatre arguing about whether it was possession or a disease with no name. But they won't be arguing about anything unless they believe it.”
Unfortunately, it's impossible to believe Regan's not possessed in the movie…
But, you see, it's a lot more interesting to me to have arguments/debates on this subject rather than having you tell me, “No need to over analyse that particular dark path”.
KarrasRosary said:You could be right, but I wouldn't know cos my mind is on other things
LOL! You have to meet “Blizzi”. She's a big fan of Jason Miller, too. You and her would have a lot to talk about…
Here's the capture:
Jagged said:
I think Freidkin has got somewhat stuck on that quote over the years. God bless the man, he was a genius director in his day but he's not the last word on the issue, IMHO Blatty is, and he made it pretty clear what he thought. he was writing a novel about faith and possession. the mental illness was a red herring.
I couldn't agree more on the Anneliese Michell issue. I think you've nailed it.
You can believe in whatever you want. That's the great thing about the novel, too. The book is deeply religious, of course, but Blatty's intention was for the reader to be caught between the belief that Regan was truly possessed, and the notion that she was mentally ill.
Blatty on the novel:
“…is this little girl possessed or is she emotionally unbalanced. In approaching it, my tactic was to work with an M.D. who was concerned only with ailments of the body and a psychiatrist. I brought her to these people as a patient. I kept going and adding on new symptoms. The M.D. told me to take her to a psychiatrist. And then I went to a psychiatrist and with him I followed the same methodology. In part, I think that is why the story is so interesting and why you are always in some doubt and suspense, because at every turn there seems to be a new medical or psychiatric explanation for what is happening to the girl. Then as various paranormal phenomena would appear I would again call doctors and psychiatrists with different specialties
The name of the psychiatrist I spoke to, oddly, was Hitchcock.”
“The book mentions many scientific theories on paranormal activities, they help to maintain an “investigative” style of storytelling that serves to heighten the drama.”
I never knew how to copy my audio book tapes onto a cd!! How will you do it?
This is a vidclip I made of Blatty reading the beginning of chapter 1, but I had to record the audio with my digital camera, so you hear all these noises in the background…
Thank you, Fatherb. Yes, I get more enjoyment out of the novel by thinking that Regan might be mentally ill, but, honestly, in the movie it's very hard to have this doubt.
I've read a lot about Anneliese's case and it disturbes me, really. I can't even listen to that audio without getting goose pimples. I don't know what to believe..
HAha, no, you don't ask the oddest questions. I understand you well… I pay so much attention to small details, you can't even imagine.
And, besides, you're a big fan of karras, so it's natural to ask this kind of questions. Well, it's natural in my world…
Btw, I can take a capture of Karras's converse for you…
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