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The Holy Mountain (1973)
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"This is the first film I've seen by director René Laloux La planète sauvage (The Fantastic Planet) "Weird" is a word that is usually not very descriptive or original, but there are few films I've seen for which it would be more appropriate to use the word "weird" as a description. At times I was kind of getting the same vibe as a Terry Gilliam Monty Python animation or maybe even a bit of Dr. Seuss only much more strange and menacing. The film feels like it must be a metaphor or allegory, but for what I'm not sure. The description for the film on Netflix claims it is "said to be based on the Soviet occupation of the Czech Republic". I wouldn't know too much about that. It must have been a really strange occupation. Of course the themes of racism, sl "
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"Bold, brutal, blasphemous, and utterly brilliant, Ken Russell's The Devils is easily one of the most unjustly overlooked films of its time, surely due in no small part to its limited availability. Taking place in 1634, the film explores the unconscionable atrocities committed by the Catholic church in the seventeenth century, especially in regard to social and sexual politics.As Urbain Grandier, a French priest whose interpretation of the clergy allows for sexual daliance, Oliver Reed gives one of the most underrated performances of the '70s. He is galvanizing: powerful, charismatic, and sympathetic. Even his questionable actions and beliefs are rendered understandable, if not likable, by his charm and presence in the role. "Saint Paul says that he who marries does a good thing," Grandier is admonished, "but he who remains chaste does something better," to which he simply responds, "Then I am content to do a good thing, and leave the best to tho ... "
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