Just Watched The Exorcist

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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Cinema Discusso > Just Watched The Exorcist

Kull the Conqueror: Apr 8, 2006; Take me to the green valley,
lay the sod o'er me,
I'm a young cowboy,
I know I've done wrong

I haven't watched this since my first time in high school, but it's remained in my mind as one of the most profound and memorable character works I've ever seen. Father Karras is undergoing a crisis of faith akin to that of the priest in Bergman's Winter Light, and has an even better justification given that the world has a child-possessing demon in it. And in spite of this, he ultimately challenges the world's ugliness with a valiant act of sacrifice. His capacity to rise out of his own misery is simultaneously devastating and inspiring. Maybe I'll hit it up tonight. Friedkin is such a force of a filmmaker.

# ¿ May 9, 2015 21:29

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Kull the Conqueror: Apr 8, 2006; Take me to the green valley,
lay the sod o'er me,
I'm a young cowboy,
I know I've done wrong

Christine has that one sick shot of the car riding down the highway ablaze and there's this brilliant low electronic hum serenading it. That's really all I remember.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2015 18:40

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