Recent theatrical viewings

[M.10rda]

Thanks, Rev! You weren't kidding about "one week only", but there is a theater playing it in downtown Buffalo and one south of the city (the other side from my northern neighborhood). Nice that the distributor didn't forget us!

[Dr. Whom]

The Devils (1971)

They played it over here as well, one week only. Actually four times only. I had heard of its reputation and boy, does it live up to it. It makes just about everything else look restrained and it occasionally strays into Monty Python territory. An unexpected face was Brian Murphy who would later go on to fame as George Roper. Also, the main inquisitor looked disturbingly like Warren Zevon. You have peak Oliver Reed and wild histrionics all around.

In my experience many of the 'decadent' movies I had heard about in my childhood years (Il Decamerone, Emmanuelle, La Grande Bouffe...) turned out to be rather tame when I finally got to see them. The Devils, on the other hand is anything but

[M.10rda]

I missed it (and have never seen it 'cause I was waiting for this very opportunity to see it completely uncut) but I did get to see Warren Zevon live back in '99. He was a cool guy.

[Rev. Powell]

Some locations have added another week of screening THE DEVILS, since it made a lot more money than anticipated.