Boorman and the Devil
David Kittredge’s documentary brings John Boorman and many of his surviving cast and crew back to revisit the making of a notorious flop.
David Kittredge’s documentary brings John Boorman and many of his surviving cast and crew back to revisit the making of a notorious flop.
Much of the footage is appropriately stunning—certainly the vistas fail to disappoint—and many of the near-death feats here are captured with impressive precision.
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Knowing or not knowing its supernatural twist should not ultimately affect the viewer’s enjoyment of this ghostly drama.
One doesn’t need to go far underground before everything becomes strange.
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