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THE WICKER MAN
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(UK - 1973)
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
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Theatrical soundtrack: Mono
First-time director Robin Hardy and acclaimed writer Anthony Shaffer (twin brother of Peter, and author of FRENZY and SLEUTH [both 1972], the latter based on his stageplay) attempted to revise the alarm genre with this cult current concerning a deeply religious police sergeant (Edward Woodward, in a note-perfect performance) whose search for an apparently missing schoolgirl on a remote Scottish island exposes a Pagan society rooted in old-fashioned superstitions and the adore of vengeful gods. To the accompaniment of a haunting net by Paul Giovanni, comprising variations on worn songs and folk music, THE WICKER MAN depicts an isolated community at odds with the world at substantial, steeped in worn beliefs and ruled with fraudulent benevolence by a patriarchal figure (Christopher Lee, in unusually subtle obtain) whom the script suggests is a ugly con man, maintaining the island’s customs not through satisfactory convictions, but because the islanders - all of them honest disciples of the cause - simply know no other scheme.
The central mystery (Woodward’s search for the missing girl) is genuinely spicy, and the bawdy songs which greet the sergeant’s arrival are soon replaced by an earthy sensuality as the factual extent of the islanders’ concept in regenerative powers - divorced from used notions of ‘morality’ - become apparent. Lee’s assessment of God verges on blasphemy (”He had His chance and… blew it!”), but ultimately, neither Christianity or Paganism emerges with any dignity from the devastating finale. There’s staunch magic in every frame of this amazing film, though it’s clearly not for everyone: If you don’t ‘get it’ within the first ten minutes, then the careful jog and deliberate absence of familiar scare motifs may seem a minute long-winded, even lifeless. Everyone else, however, will be enchanted by this original, one-of-a-kind movie.
The filmmakers themselves have roundly condemned the shorter ‘theatrical version’ (88 minutes) which crept into UK theaters in 1973 as abet for Nicolas Roeg’s DON’T Examine NOW. However, most viewers were first introduced to TWM via the shorter print, simply because it was the only available version for many years, and despite the makers’ protestations to the contrary, it’s detached a grand experience.
The filmmakers’ preferred print (100m) underlines the script’s major themes and streamlines the sage, and will be a revelation to anyone who’s only ever seen the theatrical print or the 95m version unearthed by the BBC. There are a few bits and pieces in the theatrical version which are irregular to that print, and the BBC edition includes an intelligent ‘Sun God’ which appears after the closing credits, filling the veil before shooting backwards into darkness. The loss of this brief, iconic fraction from most extant versions is inexplicable.
This is a POWERHOUSE of a movie that will blow your mind!!!
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It is listed as a terror film, when actually it is SO Great MORE. If one classify the genre, I would say Mystery.
It begins with an anonymous letter to the Scottish Constable ( Edward Woodward of Equilizer fame) telling of Summer Isle. A local girl is missing and none of the villagers seems to present any interest. Flying to the exiguous Isle, Woodward arrives unbiased before Beltane, the pagan May Day Festivals and the accumulate the Island completely immersed in the Pagan ways of Auld. Head of the Isle is Lord Summerisle (British fright myth Christopher Lee - Dracula for Hammer Films - in his favourite performance), the leader of his pagan island, and it is distinct he not only is aware of the villagers beliefs, he encourages them!
Slowly, Woodward comes to bear the girl is being held for Sacrifice on May Day as he races to establish her.
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Brilliant performance from Britt Eckland (ancient Mrs. Peter Sellers and one of the spacious beauties of her time - * though most of the nude shots are not her since she was pregnant at the time) Hammer fright actress Ingrid Pitt and Diane Cilento (the first Mrs. Sean Connery, mother of Jason) contribute to the eerie feel.
The movie portrays pagan beliefs in an unHollywood style, that goes for substance and facts, rather than sensationalism. The scenery is lovely and the music written for the film is haunting.
The film faced many production problems, to being passed through several production companies, a lot of lost footage from the film editor - a devoutly religious man who plan is obnoxious to be filming this and was systematically destroying as considerable as he could, and indifferent reediting by Roger Corman, and then nearly dying in abominable handly in the theatres. Was not seen for nearly two decades, and the version in existence was Corman’s poorly edited one, missing over 20 minutes of the 101 microscopic modern verson.
I spent years and year trying to track down a copy, and finally for a short time news was favorable. The director found that he had an new copy quiet in his dwelling. This was released the VHS - first time the 101 version had been seen in nearly two decades!! Shortly after, it was pulled from the shelves. Corman’s version ( a nice companion section so it was made of a lot of out takes) came out for a spell.
So I am ecstatic to glimpse this one on DVD and protected for all time.
Warning: some flashes of Eckland and her stand-in nude, and people of a very religious nature will not like the reveal. Otherwise, this is one amazing knock out of a film.
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