tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post2648615346796732368..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: Deliverance (1972)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-39947503125494684732022-02-18T20:26:38.026-08:002022-02-18T20:26:38.026-08:00An American "Heart of Darkness" . . . fo...An American "Heart of Darkness" . . . four civilized men, products of the New South, encounter the Old South while exploring an untamed wilderness about to be sacrificed for progress . . . and they learn that they can't escape the South's past even as the deepest recesses of their souls are revealed. The symbolism of the church being moved is mesmerizing, but the final image of the arm rising out of the lake is haunting.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02419484925045586473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-11698340372998542022017-02-10T23:59:24.630-08:002017-02-10T23:59:24.630-08:00One of the most unnerving films ever, and NOT just...One of the most unnerving films ever, and NOT just because of the 'squeal' scene.<br />Boorman perfectly captures the feeling of how something unknown can be both breathtaking and disquieting in equal measures.Guy Callawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237807931893298891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-14544489704088732222016-05-13T16:53:53.323-07:002016-05-13T16:53:53.323-07:00After many viewings over the decades, I've com...<br />After many viewings over the decades, I've come to find the strongest moments are in the quiet scenes towards the end. The worried survivors, who look like they believe the police are going to show up any minute with guns and cuffs, have dinner with their boarding house mates. Voight busts up sobbing, not able to handle both the relief and the surreal reality of such normal goings on after the trials and horrors on the river. Ned declaring "isn't this corn special" is a thin mask for what will be mental scars he will carry for life. And there is great frustration in the posture of the sheriff. He knows they did something bad, but he can do nothing about it. Still, the menace is palpable when he tells them they better not show their heads around there again. He means it. If he gets the chance again, there will be mountain justice. <br /><br />Ned's near-to-last line in the film to Voight, "you probably won't be seeing me for awhile" really kind of says it all, followed by a safely at home Voights nightmare. Both men go to their respective roosts to struggle with the demons in their own way. I bet they won't be going to the woods again, maybe even the well-wooded local park, any time soon. Kevin Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477886503416859452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-52494523720060057102013-03-25T23:12:46.137-07:002013-03-25T23:12:46.137-07:00An intense movie on many levels and not for the fa...An intense movie on many levels and not for the faint of heart. For me, the first parts with the tension between the rafters and the country folk and the banjos scene somehow freaks me out even more than what happens to them once they get on the water.Tommy Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150131602787950689noreply@blogger.com