ITF Watch: The Exorcist (1973 film) ft. Michael Arnzen

Author and educator Dr. Michael Arnzen returns to urge everyone to think critically about William Friedkin’s THE EXORCIST, a movie he says tries to discourage you from doing just that. In episode 147, Luke, James, and Mike explore the “Scariest Movie of All Time” adapted from William Peter Blatty’s iconic novel.

Topics Include: the movie’s supposed curse as possible marketing, whether Friedkin gets enough respect, supernaturalism vs. realism, the echoes of the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s, the parallel narrative of Father Karras, Linda Blair's injuries from a “tyrant” on set, religion vs. science, the film’s position in Horror canon, and what makes some stories catch on when similar contemporaries don't. Michael Arnzen

Studies in the Horror Film: The Exorcist (Centipede Press, 2012):

http://www.centipedepress.com/studieshorror/exorcist.html

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