Capital Celluloid 2014 - Day 90: Mon Mar 31

Exorcist II: The Heretic (Boorman, 1977): Alibi Film Club, 8pm


Chicago Reader review:
Everybody seems to hate this movie, and not without good reason. But John Boorman's 1977 follow-up to William Friedkin's shocker is a much more interesting film than the original, and Boorman deserves credit for trying out some new ideas, even if most of them backfire. Visually, it's fascinating—sort of a blend of Minnellian baroque and Buñuelian absurdity—but the dialogue is childish, the story is incomprehensible, and the metaphysics are ridiculous. Still, an audacious failure is preferable to a chickenhearted success. More than worth a look, if only out of curiosity. With Richard Burton and Linda Blair.
Dave Kehr

Here (and above) is the trailer.

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