BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL

Boorman and the Devil is ostensibly about the blighted and bloated production of Exorcist II: The Heretic, which was released in 1977 to a litany of horrible reviews. But as it weaves its utterly fantastic web we come to appreciate the plight of a filmmaker who finds himself caught in a maelstrom of bad omens and bad luck. The eyewitnesses who appear on camera look back on it as a unique experience in their long careers. There have been other chronicles of failed projects, notably Lost in La Mancha, the saga of Terry Gilliam and his star-crossed attempt to make a new version of Don Quixote. Filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe were fortunate enough to have Gilliam’s blessing to unfurl the whole sad story,…READ MORE >

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