Peter1469
05-19-2016, 07:49 PM
'The Exorcist' maker says Vatican let him film real rite (http://www.thelocal.it/20160519/the-exorcist-maker-says-vatican-let-him-film-real-rite-william-friedkin)
The film maker claims the real thing was like his film (the process, not the special effects). But the film was based off the diary of the priest who did the exorcism depicted in The Exorcist. It is not surprising that the Catholic exorcism rite has not changed much if at all in the last 3 decades.
The 80-year-old American filmmaker told a masterclass at the Cannes film festival late on Thursday that he was invited by the chief exorcist in Rome to record the event.
"I was invited by the Vatican exorcist to shoot and video an actual exorcism which... few people have ever seen and which nobody has ever photographed," he said.
Friedkin said he was taken aback at how close the ceremony was to the exorcism depicted in his 1973 film.
"I was pretty astonished by that. I don't think I will ever be the same having seen this astonishing thing.
"I am not talking about some cult, I am talking about an exorcism by the Catholic Church in Rome," he added.
The film maker claims the real thing was like his film (the process, not the special effects). But the film was based off the diary of the priest who did the exorcism depicted in The Exorcist. It is not surprising that the Catholic exorcism rite has not changed much if at all in the last 3 decades.
The 80-year-old American filmmaker told a masterclass at the Cannes film festival late on Thursday that he was invited by the chief exorcist in Rome to record the event.
"I was invited by the Vatican exorcist to shoot and video an actual exorcism which... few people have ever seen and which nobody has ever photographed," he said.
Friedkin said he was taken aback at how close the ceremony was to the exorcism depicted in his 1973 film.
"I was pretty astonished by that. I don't think I will ever be the same having seen this astonishing thing.
"I am not talking about some cult, I am talking about an exorcism by the Catholic Church in Rome," he added.