Sabina
So true - difficult the manufacture cult status -
it's true that the original wicker man doesn't really represent paganism -
and indeed many dislike the motif of animal and human sacrifice at the
end (my late mother - who was no pagan,
said "why do they have to do that to the beasties" - forgetting the
policeman) -
its the folklore and the musick that really got to people and gave it
something extra -
and indeed the sexuality - i suppose a genuine pagan reframing would
leave it there or
indeed challenge why Lord Summerisle isn't the sacrifice - as he is so
fanatical about it -
but fanatics often want others to do the dying)
Hoping your contrib is on bonus features - there was a lot of joy on FB
at prospect of British Lion films redux
- and indeed a sequel but it may well be a big let down - we really need
our own pagan cinema.
bb/93
Mogg
> Hi Mogg et al.,
>
> Sorry, I didn't realize the link I was sent was non-functional. Thank you for the correction.
>
> IMHO, classics seldom benefit from revision, but I'll let the film speak for itself. Viewers can decide on their own whether it's equal to the original.
>
> My interview with the producers centered on the nature of modern Paganisms, and was intended to counteract any impression the film might make that they actually practice what is depicted in the original film and the re-make. I can't find any of that material on the website, but am told it will eventually be up there. We'll see.
>
> Best,
> Sabina
>
> Sabina Magliocco, Ph.D.
> Professor
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> Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] FW: EXTRAORDINARY NEW FILM FROM THE MAKER OF ORIGINAL CULT CLASSIC -THE WICKER MAN
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> Dear Friend
>
> The website should be
> http://thewickertreemovie.com/
>
> Looks like a turkey fest
> but there again ...
> what did/could you say and is the extra material on the website??
>
> "Can faith be altered . . . the answer is always no."
>
> ???
>
> Mogg
>
>
>> May be of interest to some. Prof. Ronald Hutton and I were interviewed for the extra material on this film.
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>> EXTRAORDINARY NEW FILM FROM THE MAKER OF ORIGINAL CULT CLASSIC -THE
>> WICKER MAN THE WICKER TREE Release Date: January 27, 2011 Written and
>> Directed by: Robin Hardy ("The Wicker Man," 1973)
>> Starring: Graham McTavish ("The Hobbit"), Brittania Nicol, Henry
>> Garrett, Jacqueline Leonard, Honeysuckle Weeks, Clive Russell, James
>> Mapes, and Christopher Lee (star of the original "The Wicker Man")
>> Official Website: http://thewickertreemovie.com/webroot/v2/media
>> Synopsis: In THE WICKER TREE, two young missionaries from Texas (Brittania Nicol, Henry Garrett) head to Scotland to educate the Scottish heathens in the way of Christ. They are initially charmed by the locals in the town of Tressock, and agree to become the local Queen of the May<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_May> and Laddie for the annual town festival. But the couple is not prepared for the frightening consequences of their decision, and the very disturbing secrets they are about to discover about Tressock's seemingly friendly townspeople.
>> Written and directed by Robin Hardy as a companion piece to his original cult classic "The Wicker Man" from 1973, THE WICKER TREE also features Graham McTavish ("The Hobbit"), Brittania Nicol, Henry Garrett, Jacqueline Leonard, Honeysuckle Weeks, Clive Russell, and Christopher Lee (star of the original "The Wicker Man").
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