The Devils (1971)
Cardinal Richelieu and his power-hungry entourage seek to take control of pre-rennaisance France, but need to destroy Father Grandier... (imdb)
Genres: Drama, Horror, History
Country: UK
Directed By: Ken Russell
Written By: Ken Russell, Aldous Huxley, John Whiting
Starring: Gemma Jones, Vanessa Redgrave, Murray Melvin, Oliver Reed, Georgina Hale, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Michael Gothard, Christopher Logue, Andrew Faulds, Judith Paris, Iza Teller
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Wow! What a film! I was not expecting that! And you were expecting another exclamation mark.
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A bizarre and explosive mix of horror, religious drama, and political thriller that goes well beyond provocative debauchery in its effort to expose the hypocrisy and cynicism of religious and political power. The film is certainly disturbing, especially given its lightning-quick pace and embellished blend of gore, eroticism, and Christian symbology, but it remains pointed throughout. The dialogue is sharp, the cinematography dynamic, but it's the set design that is truly unbelievable.
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Russell, through the maniacal coitus of visual and narrative designs, touched briefly the concealed threshold between what can be called True religion, which informs and provokes, seeking Divinity - and False religion, manifest in Man, and built only for subjugation and repression. The Devils is not controversial because of its fornication of heresy with debauchery. No, it's banned because it speaks truth to power, by revealing with screams how we delude ourselves into submissive ideologies.
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Quite a spectacle. Set design is fantastic. Costumes are great. Dialogue is superb and Oliver Reed has some real charisma as Grandier.
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A Hieronymus Bosch painting come to life.
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A crazy whirlwind of religious piety, hypocrisy, human desire, sexual repression and injustice that was understandably shocking at the time but hit this jaded viewers' I-wanna-see-crazy-shit-from-the-70's sweet spot. Striking imagery, great sets, delightfully over the top performances, Reed and Redgrave being rad as hell (heaven?), and a pile of nude nuns writhing in ecstasy on a christ statue. [Removes one item from nun-related bucket list]
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Coming from Russell, I knew to expect campy over-the-top spectacle, which this certainly delivers. But this also seems like an attempt at something a bit more serious and ambitious than what I've come to expect from him, which has it's pluses and it's minuses. On one hand, it's surprisingly well-written, and the characterization in the first half is well developed. Yet, once the "shocking" excessiveness sets in the jokiness of the tone can feel a bit muddled. Still great stylization though.
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An eccentric film filled with sexual repression, sexual freedom, accusations of witchcraft and demonic possession, exorcisms, religious fervor, suicide, execution, political conspiracy, rape, and torture. Putting this into perspective of a 1971 British public and you begin to realize just how much this film pushed the envelope. It's flamboyant at times and upsetting at other times. It's frightening yet comedic. It an intelligent film that aims to please at all costs and I believe it succeeds.
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hahahaha. Talk about a handsome devil, am I right?! There is some delicious food for thought and some occasional interesting visuals here, but Wow is this cheesy and campy as all hell (get it?!?!?!). ...seriously though you guys are the worst sometimes...
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