Review of The Devils (1971) by Joseph S — 15 Sep 2008

Vanessa Redgrave steals this show...one of the most intense films Ive ever seen, on so many levels. Amazing sets, editing techniques are both brutal and brillaint at times and performances, dialogue, monologue, and music.

This just may be too muc...(read more) h for some, it really is horrfying, but no better film explores, sex/pain, political/personal, spiritual/physical, and male/female realtionships between nuns & priests and the populace in France at the time. Based loosely on a book by Aldous Huxely. Ken Russell theatricality(finally) perfectly fits the material.

Which is much more redemptive and tragic, than it might seem. Find it, watch it.