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Originally Posted by donidarko
Thanks for the trivia. Exorcist II: The Heretic is one of my top guilty pleasures. The film is so freakin bizarre that it's amazing it was green lite. A lot of hard work and talent went into making that fascinating film. Every time I sit through it I'm amazed at how ridiculous it turned out....but it's beauty and aura take over and I never tire of its out of this world strangeness.
There is a paperback novel that details the making of the film. I have to dig it out and reread it before experiencing Heretic on brilliant BLU.
Amazingly, the film was reedited a few days after it opened because the studio brass were out of their minds with worry....the opening weekend audiences were not happy with what they saw on the screen.....it was such a radical departure from the original classic. No one could figure out what they were watching. I saw it the Saturday it opened with my older brother and his teenage friends. They were like "WTF!" While smoking weed in the back row of the theatre. It helped them get through it I suppose. I was only 14 at the time and had just seen the original on HBO the previous November and was completely blown away by William Friedkin's masterpiece. To this day after sitting through thousands of films, it still ranks as the finest film I had ever seen. Yes, people were expecting something quite like the original....I remember there was grumbling and annoyed audience members making comments and laughing throughout the showing. There was also some popcorn carton tossing.
It definitely is one of the strangest big budgeted films that made it out of the 70s. The art direction, cinematography, score, editing and choice of color design is stunning. I'm Still trying to figure out what it all means...the film is a trip and a half....midnight showings of this crazy film could give Rocky Horror a run for its money.
To those who have never sat through it, give yourself a treat and go into it with a clear objective mind...I bet if you do, this film will blow your mind and you will be forever wondering what the heck it all was supposed to mean?
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i liked it the one time i watched it. then i read online it is supposed to suck and i'm supposed to hate it. i watch the same movie once every few years so its kinda fresh again so i guess i'll watch it when i get the set and see if i like it or hate it.