The Devils of Loudun

[rich]

and what a movie that is--if only for the set designs. one example: the
French king shooting Protestants dressed as birds. and of course the Rape
of Christ scene

I read the book after seeing the movie. wasnt as fun ;)

rich

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Joseph Cerrato <ojpesh at gmail.com> wrote:

> There's a movie by Ken Russel based on these events and Huxley's book.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devils_%28film%29
>
> 2016-01-12 18:34 GMT+01:00 Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>:
>
>> I am a third of the way into an Aldous Huxley work of nonfiction called
>> the Devils of Loudun.  Sometimes he over-strains to make a point in his
>> commentary but it is a fascinating piece of writing combining thorough
>> historical research with a kind of psycological and spiritual analysis of
>> the early 1600s in France and in particular all the characters surrounding
>> a combative, womanizing  FrenchJesuit Parson and how an incident of what
>> was labeled as demonic posession of a group of nuns played out in the
>> France of Cardinal Richelieu.
>>
>> Has anyone else read this? Thoughts, even the briefest, would be
>> appreciated. -
>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>>
>
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