gattino
Justified & Ancient
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Just stumbled on this little gem.. a british audience discussion program following the release of the exorcist.
It's fascinating in multiple ways.
It gives some credence to the popular belief that the movie strongly upset cinema goers at the time.
Just hearing awfully awfully british voices of a kind no longer heard on TV discussing their personal experiences of being possessed or performing exorcisms. And the the fact that an acceptance of religious notions was the default position, with only a lone panel member being the now dominant voice of irritated debunking. There's no laughter or cat calling from the audience...something else that's hard to imagine now.
David Dimbleby casually giving away the ending of the movie.
And the very Monty Python like name tagging of the psychiatrist as "A psychiatrist".
It's fascinating in multiple ways.
It gives some credence to the popular belief that the movie strongly upset cinema goers at the time.
Just hearing awfully awfully british voices of a kind no longer heard on TV discussing their personal experiences of being possessed or performing exorcisms. And the the fact that an acceptance of religious notions was the default position, with only a lone panel member being the now dominant voice of irritated debunking. There's no laughter or cat calling from the audience...something else that's hard to imagine now.
David Dimbleby casually giving away the ending of the movie.
And the very Monty Python like name tagging of the psychiatrist as "A psychiatrist".