[kj] OT - The Exorcist

[Jim Harper]

Every year I hire out The Shining again, just to see if it's improved with age. Saturday night was my 2008 attempt. Why I continue to pay £2.50 for the dubious privilege of being bored shitless I'll never know, but I remain ever the optimist.
 
Carrie and Rosemary's Baby are both excellent films though.
 
Jim.

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--- On Mon, 8/9/08, Bette Dillinger <bettedillinger at live.com> wrote:

From: Bette Dillinger <bettedillinger at live.com>
Subject: Re: [kj] OT - The Exorcist
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
Date: Monday, 8 September, 2008, 7:29 PM

 
I certainly don't think that "The Shining" deserves merely a "cursory viewing".  It is a horrific metaphor for the nuclear family and the US.  Kubrick did not intend for it to be just a "horror film".  And who would not be shocked upon seeing that scene with the blood exiting the elevator for the first time?



      
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