Review of Legend (1985) by Michael R — 20 Jun 2011

Repost: What a rich sparkly, gritty wave of dreams and nightmares + self-reconditioning deep in the hidden chambers of the soul. (Original post: The dir's cut with Goldsmith's score is the one I watched, though on bluray the cheesy US cut has the better transfer.

Ridley Scott's early work was often in thrall to subconscious infos elevating the films to grander heights than the individual pieces would indicate. That's how artistic work is achieved- just say it's inspiration.

Legend means a fairy story illuminating the djinn influence to mortals. The lower realm entities seek to escape their enslavement by inhabiting/possessing mortal humans who give themselves over to them by choice.

Envy, sexual jealousy, hate, all such keystrokes play a part. Because the writer specifically chose the male hero (Tom Cruise as Jack) to be a 'green man,' it means he had some (you guessed it) masonic ideas in mind, also note the kabalistic tree "where the wicked came to sacrifice.

" Personally I think these guys should let the general public know they use specific belief systems in these movies instead of keeping it as an elitist conceit. Even so, Ridley Scott movies were fairly critical of such elitism back then.

It's a fascinating movie with lots of visual splendor and threatening underpinnings, and sometimes brilliant cinematics.