Review of Wise Blood (1979) by James W — 21 Jan 2017
A great film adaptation by director John Huston of Flannery O'Connor's novel. It follows a young man named Hazel Motes (played by a young Brad Dourif) who is mad at God and Christianity and decides to start the The Church of Truth Without Christ in the deep South, where pretty much everyone is a Pentecostal, Evangelical, or Fundamentalist Christian.
It is a funny, powerful, and scathing satire on religious fundamentalism and also extreme atheism. If you think you've seen it all, well, you haven't if you haven't seen WISE BLOOD.
This review of Wise Blood (1979) was written by James W on 21 Jan 2017.
Wise Blood has generally received positive reviews.
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