Excavating the Exorcist (film analysis)

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• ZO

  @zoeee4939 · 4 years ago

  This film is nearly 50 years old and it's still one of the best films ever made, in my opnion

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• AL

  @alexfurnas1263 · 8 years ago

  The Iraq scene gives the film a sense of scope.  Regan's possession is scary, but the prologue conveys that it's just the tip of an iceberg of ancient evil.

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• DA

  @damienholland9244 · 7 years ago

  Most films aren't done with this much creativity and intelligence.

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• GA

  @gaagsl · 3 years ago

  There's something absolutely terrifying about the opening  sequence . It's unsettling and you don't  know why. Even the call to prayers feels like a warning. It's like, is  telling the audience that something.wlicked , ancient and  unholy is taking roots. It  still haunts me. Absolutely brilliant.

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• DA

  @darthcheeseburger · 5 years ago

  The Iraq opening has always been so creepy to me. The whole thing just gives me the shivers. Have always loved it.

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• MA

  @marmcd2003 · 7 years ago

  It's so crazy to think that Max Von Sydow was only 44 when he played Father Merrin and he looks to be about 74. Very well done.

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• JI

  @jimmycrackkorn1596 · 6 years ago

  Almost 45 years later, and I still think that this film is a cinematic masterpiece and it still holds up to this day.<br>People dismiss it as just some outrageous horror movie with head spinning, vulgarity, and vomit.<br>But its actually a great film about evil, faith and redemption.

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• SH

  @shikawgoh · 2 years ago

  It’s no wonder this film won an Oscar for sound design. It’s amazing all the way through it.

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• PA

  @passuoutnw · 6 years ago

  You neglected to mention the facial expression by Merrin as he uncovers the artifact. It&apos;s part horror and part recognition...he knows this demon.

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• LO

  @looney1023 · 4 years ago

  I particularly like the instant where Merrin is confronted with armed guards. He waves them off so casually, not even afraid or cautious of the fact that he could be shot dead. And then we see the the thing that truly strikes terror in him is the statue. It implies that the threat of this statue is greater than any material, human danger, preparing us for something cosmic and beyond our comprehension.

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• SP

  @spartan2188 · 6 years ago

  This film is a masterpiece. &nbsp;I think it&apos;s one of the best movies ever made. &nbsp;Brilliant in all aspects!

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• BI

  @billg3356 · 3 years ago

  The Iraq sequence is great because it really speaks to how ancient this evil is. It has been around for eons, waiting for a worthy adversary. And it has found one in Merrin.

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