The Devils of Loudun

[Joseph Tracy]

The Ebert piece is indeed hilarious. Truly laugh out loud stuff. Sounds like the movie is rather ludicrous, even surpassing the actual lurid grotesquery of the events. However far history and people have gone into the bizarre and sordid, Hollywood can always go the extra mile. Perhaps the herb of laughter might be of use here.

> On Jan 12, 2016, at 2:51 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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> That Ebert review is a gas!
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> David Morris
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> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 1:45 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-devils
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> Would make a fun double feature with this (which I highly recommend):
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> http://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/aug/30/berberian-sound-studio-review
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> Laura
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: rich 
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> Sent: Jan 12, 2016 2:28 PM
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> To: Joseph Cerrato 
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> Subject: Re: The Devils of Loudun
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> 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
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> I read the book after seeing the movie. wasnt as fun ;)
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> rich
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> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Joseph Cerrato wrote:
> There's a movie by Ken Russel based on these events and Huxley's book.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devils_%28film%29
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> 2016-01-12 18:34 GMT+01:00 Joseph Tracy :
> 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.
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> Has anyone else read this? Thoughts, even the briefest, would be appreciated. -
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