The Catholic priest arguing that the infamous 'Rape of Christ' sequence intercut with Father Grandier's spiritual re-awakening was the crux of the film needs his own Letterboxd account.
Geregisseerd door Paul Joyce
Hell on Earth is een documentaire over Ken Russells film uit 1971, The Devils. Filmcriticus Mark Kermode praat met Russell en met twee van de filmsterren, Georgina Hale en Murray Melvin. Ook inbegrepen zijn scènes die uit de uitgebrachte film zijn geknipt omdat ze te controversieel waren.
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The Catholic priest arguing that the infamous 'Rape of Christ' sequence intercut with Father Grandier's spiritual re-awakening was the crux of the film needs his own Letterboxd account.
"MY GOD...THIS IS OBSCENE." Ken Russell watching footage from the film he wrote and directed.If I could pick one movie to view in it's purest, uncut, uncensored, form I would most likely chose Ken Russell's 1971 masterpiece The Devils and that's why watching this made me so angry! That version exists! It's been shown at festivals in the past to great acclaim! The films most infamous missing scene, the "Rape of Christ" is shown in this documentary I watched free on YouTube?! In fairness my eyeballs were popping outta my head! A bunch of naked nuns having an orgy, bumping and grinding on a giant statue of Jesus on the cross?! Freaking bonkers! But it's also so incredibly important! They have a priest (a literal priest!) in the documentary who's seen the full uncut version stating it's absolutely fundamental to the film! It's simply not the same without it! (The priest went on to say he considers Regan using a crucifix to masturbate in The Exorcist more offensive! And Warner Bros seemingly has no issue with that?!)So what the hell?! It's all out there! Just release it Warner Bros! At least on Blu-ray! Surely Criterion would be on board? It absolutely deserves to be in the collection!Adding to my anger is the fact I was planning on rewatching The Devils after this only to find that it's no longer available anywhere?!?! FU Warner Bros! Freaking cowards!
I don't think I'll ever shift the image of Lovejoy's Tinker (Dudley Sutton) warming actresses' goose-pimpled tits with a hairdryer out of my head.For those wondering, there are short clips of the 'Rape of Christ' and 'Charred Bone' scenes on the 2-disc BFI DVD but they are not shown in their entirety thanks to the restrictions imposed on the release by Warner Brothers. As far as I know, apart from bootlegs and youtube clips taken from VHS recordings of the original Channel 4 airing of 'Hell on Earth' there is currently no way to see these excised scenes.A bloody good documentary on an excellent film but both critic Alexander Walker and Warner Brothers are Grade-A dicks.The world without Ken Russell and Derek Jarman is a little more dull and pedestrian :(
Hell on Earth is een documentaire over Ken Russells controversiële film The Devils uit 1971, met interviews met de regisseur en cast, en eerder weggeknipte beelden.
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils werd geregisseerd door Paul Joyce in 2002.
