Wyeth Leslie
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English professor, writer, local man trying his best. Essays: patreon.com/WyethLeslie Letterboxd: boxd.it/11CYl Publications: www.chillsubs.com/profile/wleslie21…
English professor, writer, local man trying his best. Essays: patreon.com/WyethLeslie Letterboxd: boxd.it/11CYl Publications: www.chillsubs.com/profile/wleslie21…
![From the Wikipedia page for The Exorcist II: In contrast, Pauline Kael preferred Boorman's sequel to the original, writing in The New Yorker that Exorcist // "had more
visual magic than a dozen movies." Kim Newman commented that "Exorcist I/
doesn't work in all sorts of ways...
However, like Ennio Morricone's mix of tribal and liturgical music, it does manage to be very interesting."[43] Director Martin Scorsese asserted, "The picture asks:
Does great goodness bring upon itself great evil? This goes back to the Book of Job; it's God testing the good. In this sense, Regan (Linda Blair) is a modern-day saint — like Ingrid Bergman in Europa
'51, and in a way, like Charlie in Mean Streets. I like the first Exorcist, because of the Catholic guilt I have, and because it scared the hell out of me; but The Heretic surpasses it. Maybe Boorman failed to […]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2i6bpjxm6c36vazolwisssq3/bafkreietssui64ej4saqof54uoeu6mdlzo22loln5pr4imzhd4rpzdfs5e)
