Friday, 11 February 2022

Sync




Exorcist II Syncing of The Heretic

Nurse Rachet :
The Psychological Effects of Synching 
with another mind last a long time. 
It's very Powerful. 
Did you see what you wanted to see? 

Richard Burton :
Evil is Gaining.
Father Merrin was killed. 

Nurse Rachet :
By Regan? 

Richard Burton :
She didn't. It did. 
It wasn't the mind of a child. 
It was Horrible. 
Utterly Horrible. 
And fascinating

Nurse Rachet :
We don't know all that much 
about synchronized hypnosis yet. 
What You Saw could have easily been 
a Dream, a Fantasy, a Hallucination
Not a Memory at all. 

Richard Burton :
Names, just names. 
Better to see the face 
than hear the names. 

Nurse Rachet :
I can't have a discussion now. 
I have to do my rounds. 

Richard Burton :
Doctor, What I Saw... 

Nurse Rachet :
I'm sorry. 
It'll have to wait till tomorrow.
Hi, Amy. 

Amy :
Regan did A Picture of You. 

Richard Burton :
What's it mean? 

Nurse Rachet :
It's You

Richard Burton :
She draws well --
The Flames. Flames

Doctor. Doctor, The Flames. 
They're getting bigger.
We've got to put The Fire out. 

Nurse Rachet :
Take it easy. It's probably 
some post-flashing. 
It's an aftereffect of hypnosis. 

Richard Burton :
No, You've got to Help Me…
We may be too late. 

Nurse Rachet :
Where you going? 

Richard Burton :
You've got to help me. 
Her Picture.

Nurse Rachet :
Come on, Father. 
Give me a break. 

Richard Burton :
No, There's A Fire somewhere. 
There is. In The Basement.

Nurse Rachet :
I'll get the fire department. okay. 
You kids can go on in now. Everything's okay. Go on in now. - Thank You. 
You're Welcome. 

Thank You. 
I got it. 

Richard Burton :
Regan's Picture, 
The Flames
She warned Us. 
That Contact between Us 
came about through 
Your Machine. 

Whatever it was, it 
Saved The Children. 
It took A Machine

Nurse Rachet :
The Work You're Doing 
is incredible. Miraculous! 

Nurse Rachet :
The Machine is a Device 
to penetrate pathological states

Richard Burton :
No, You're Talking 
about Therapy
You Don't Realise 
The Importance

Nurse Rachet :
As much as I enjoy recognition, 
you're overstating it. 

Richard Burton :
Don't you understand that 
I was face to face 
with The Evil in her? 

Your Machine has proved 
that there's an ancient demon 
within her! 

We must fight it, 
we must help her! 

Nurse Rachet :
I was trying to help her 
before you came along. 

Richard Burton :
You must let me synch with Regan! 
In that way, you can control things. 

Nurse Rachet :
Well, I just don't know.... 

Richard Burton :
I know what concerns you. 
That Regan will suddenly remember
That she'll go into shock

I believe that Regan already 
remembers everything
The deaths, the possessions, the demons. 
She's out there, all alone
trying to deal 
with this thing. 
All by herself

Come, Regan. Come, Regan. 
We're going flying. 
Far, far away. 

Sharon :
Oh, good morning, Sharon. 

Regan Theressa McNeil :
What got you up so early? 

Sharon :
The doves woke me. 
I guess they were hungry. 

I may not be here when you get home. can you let yourself in? - Will you be all right? - Where are you going? - Washington. I'll be back soon. - Washington? Some things your mother didn't do before going on location. oh, okay. wanna fly, babe? There you go, up. I'm grateful to you for coming. Mrs. MacNeil wants me to help you while I can. She would do anything for Father Merrin. She believes he gave his life for Regan. Are they gonna make him a saint? The world doesn't want any more saints. This is not an official investigation. when Father Merrin arrived, how did he prepare himself? Did he pray? They couldn't explain it, the police, could they? Did Father Merrin ever name the demon? No. It knew him, though. - How do you know that? - It called his name. Did the demon seem to expect Father Merrin? Yes. It feared him, I think. was... was Father Merrin afraid? You'd better see where it happened. what was her condition when Father Merrin saw her? Hideous. That evil face. - I couldn't bear to be near her after. - You're with her now. Two years I stayed away. Two haunted years, going out of my mind. And all the time I longed to see her. Finally, I came back and found that... ...when I'm with her is the only time I'm at peace. why would that be? I can't understand. It frightens me. Have you tried a psychiatrist or a priest? - I'm talking to one now, aren't I? - I'm not here for you. There. In there. Praying. Have you tried praying? Prayer? I pray for the soul of Father Merrin, who died in this room. And for Sharon, who was touched by the shadow of evil. And for myself. For myself. - Next week then, Frank, okay? - Is there any point going on? I'll be in there fighting. Just as long as you are. - Hello. - Hello. come on in. Do you...? - Do you have children of your own? - Yes, I do. Two. A boy and a girl. I'd like to spend more time with them. Must be difficult, with all your responsibilities. Not to mention the complications of being divorced. You seem to manage. Your heart is good. It's hard to live alone. Don't you ever need a woman, Father? Yes. Telling secrets? 

Do you remember dreaming of Father Merrin? 
Yes. 

Can you see him now? 
Yes. 

Where is he? 

Fr. Merrin :
It was long ago when I was 
studying the holy men of Africa. 

This boy, this young boy,
has very special powers. 

They need his help against 
The Locust Swarm

But perhaps this swarm comes,
because of The Boy. 

Does Great Goodness 
draw Evil upon itself? 

Now, Regan, Father Lamont is hypnotized too. 
I want you to bring him down to you. 
Tell him what to do. 

Father Lamont? 

Yes? 

Call me. 

Regan. 

I am Pazuzu! Pazuzu! 
Call me by My Dream Name. 
Call Me. 

Richard Burton :
Pazuzu -- King of The Spirits of The Air!
Pazuzu! King of The Evil Spirits of The Air!
Spirits of the air! 
All-powerful God! 

You gave Power to Your Apostles 
to pass through dangers! 
Give Us Strength! 

Fr. Merrin :
Fear Not! We are safe inside! 
Even Pazuzu with all his legions 
cannot transgress this holiest of places. 

Get Thee Hence, Satan! Be uprooted! 
Be expelled from This Creature of God! 
I command you to the depths of hell!

Richard Burton :
Merrin Defeated You. 

Pazuzu :
No! In his own Place of Power, 
he gained a little time

Richard Burton :
It was because The Boy was A Healer 
that you attacked him. Now I see. 
But Merrin Saved Him!

Pazuzu :
Never! I could claim Kokumo even now.
I'll Show You Power. 

Richard Burton :
He's still alive!
Where is he? 

Pazuzu :
You want me to take you to him? 

Richard Burton :
Yes. 

Pazuzu :
Are you sure

Richard Burton :
Show me. 

Pazuzu :
Come fly the teeth of the wind. 
Share my wings. 

Darth Vader ROARS like a Leopard!

What was it? 

Richard Burton :
A Leopard. He jumped at me. 

The Boy's Still Alive. 
He frightened Pazuzu. 

Do you remember anything? 


Was it in Africa? 

Richard Burton :
Why do you say that? 
It was like what I saw at 
The Natural History Museum. 

Richard Burton :
But you weren't supposed to remember.

I know. 

Okay, Regan, that's all for today. 

Okay. 

Richard Burton :
Pazuzu showed me that boy. 
He's a man now, 
in a strange mud city in Africa. 

Perhaps I can find him. 
He has a Power over Evil. 
Regan recognized one of those places. 

But she told us it was something she remembered from the museum. Let me ask her. Just a minute. Take it easy. I want to take a look at you. 

Hi. Hi. Are you waiting for Dr. Tuskin? 
She's very nice, isn't she? 
What's the matter with you? 

I'm autistic. 

How do you mean? 

I'm withdrawn. I can't talk. 

But you're talking now
Yes, you are. I can hear you. 

You can hear me? 

Sure! 

What's... 
...the matter with you? 

I was possessed by a Demon. 
...oh, it's okay. He's gone! 

Dr. Tuskin would like Sandra to visit her voice therapy class. 

Hey, Mom. 
You know what happened to her? 

You're talking! Talking! 

Can you hear me, Mother? 

She's talking! 

God... - Call Gene. Are you all right? Mother, it's all right. - What is it? - Regan's got Sandra talking! - What? - I've got to take her right home! Her father's got to hear before she stops! - She's not going to stop. - No, don't stop, baby, no! - Keep talking! - Come on in my office. No! Her father would never forgive me. I've got to take her home! All right, take her home. Liz, you go with them. 

Come on. What did you do? 

Nothing. I just started talking to her. 
First she was talking inside, 
and then she started talking outside. 

Gene, do you think I could start 
helping some of your other kids? 

You know, Regan, it's very dangerous 
to fool with Other People's heads. 

Sandra seems to be all right... 
...but don't try that again. Until... 

Until what

Well, until you're older

Okay. well, there's Sharon. Bye! 
Don't tell Sharon because she'll just call Mom and worry her. Okay?

I don't want to hear any speculation. 

Richard Burton :
She entered her mind

Let's stick to Science. 

Richard Burton :
Don't hide behind Science. 

Listen, I'm responsible for Regan 
while her mother's away. 
You stay away from her! Cut it out! 

Richard Burton :
You must fight that demon inside her! 
It keeps her from spiritual power. 

Demons? We make our own, up here. 
You're obsessed with the idea! 

Richard Burton :
I'm not! I'm fascinated, 
but I know the dangers. 

Father Merrin was afraid 
he'd slip into admiration

How about adulation? 


Hello, Father. 

Richard Burton :
How did you know I was coming here? 

Well, I didn't... 
...for sure. 

I'm not allowed to talk to you. 
Doctor's orders. 

Father? Do priests believe in ESP? 

Richard Burton :
Some do. A French priest thought we'd all come together in some 
sort of Telepathy --
A kind of "World Mind" 
in which everybody would share. 


When is that supposed to happen? 

Richard Burton :
I don't know. Father Merrin believed that, 
with modern research, 
it could happen soon
I mean the kind of research 
Dr. Tuskin is doing. 

But if it happens before we're ready...
we may find ourselves pointing 
in the wrong direction, toward Satan. 


Look, Father. That's it! That's where Father Merrin fought Pazuzu. You remember Father Merrin? what else do you remember? Everything. Aren't you afraid? I wish I could tell you not to be, but I can't. why wasn't that man with the leopard afraid of Pazuzu? I don't know. - I'll try to find out. 

His name is Kokumo
Kokumo... 

If he can teach me how 
he has survived Pazuzu... ...I'll come back and let you know. I must go to Africa right away! 

If I can find this man Kokumo, it will prove that the exorcisms were valid. 
But more than that... 
...remember how Merrin prophesied 
that new men would arise to purge evil? 

They may already be among us. 
Kokumo could be one of them. 
I saw him in a vision. I saw 
his power over evil. 

I've asked you to investigate 
the exorcisms of Father Merrin... 
...not to step into his shoes. 
You are in dire need of prayer.
I suggest you make a retreat! 

Richard Burton :
Why not An Advance

Lamont, you are in open 
defiance of The Church! 

Richard Burton :
I beg you to reconsider! 

The Cardinal :
I have no choice but to 
relieve you of your assignment. 
You will refrain from any further action. 
We'll speak again after Your Retreat. 

Richard Burton :
Thank you. 
I am in mortal sin... 
...disobedience, pride... 
...but evil overwhelms us
I had to disobey! 
I had to disobey! 

Where is she? 
She's on the roof. She's always there. I can't lock her up. 

I wish you'd help Father Lamont. 

What do you mean? 
He needs your help. 

How can I help him? 
I don't know how. 

Yes, you do. Regan, what are you talking about? well, you know. Going into synch, trying to reach him like that. But you told me he's in Africa. when you're in synch, it's different. I mean, it doesn't matter where you are. You can find them. You know... ...help them. Is that why you haven't been coming to see me? - Because I won't let you go into synch? - Yes. I can't. I have to do what I think is best for you. Is there anyone who would remember Father Merrin? Perhaps the abbot. I can ask him. He knew Father Merrin. He says he was very holy. Did he know Kokumo? Merrin came up here once with a boy who was very sick. There was an accident. A wind, what do you say...? A devil wind. And a monk fell to his death. The big wind raised much dust, and the body was never found. They searched all over, everywhere. He didn't fall there. He bounced on that ledge and fell there. I'll show you! Be careful! wait! Wait for me! over there! In the cleft of that rock over there. - How did you know the body was here? - 

He was killed by 
the demon Pazuzu

I flew with Pazuzu in a trance!
It's difficult to explain. 
I was under hypnosis. 
No, Father! Please wait! Stop, 
Father, wait! Father! Please! No! 
Father Abbot! Listen to me! 

He will not speak to 
a Devil-worshiper! 

I am not a Devil-worshiper! 

Please don't drug me. Don't put me under, Gene. I'm okay now. - It'll make you sleep. - But it will stop me from dreaming. Maybe that will be good for a while.

 But he needs me. I've got to find him. You'll be fine. You'll be just fine. You're trying to kill my... My soul. A Muslim city with mud walls, golden. Mud city with golden walls? Sounds like Jepti. - You know it? - I know every holy place in Africa. Religion's my business. Plastic saints, icons, Buddhas, voodoo gris-gris... 

Edwards is My Name -- 
Ecumenical Edwards, they call me. 

Philip Lamont, archaeologist. 

It's nice to know you, Father. what now? Locusts! Spraying for locusts! This is the traditional route of the plague! They think they can stop them with DDT! - I've flown this route before! - When was that? 

It was... It was on 
the wings of a demon! 

Did he take you to Jepti? 
Yes, he did. 

Almighty God... 
...Help me. I must 
find Kokumo
I have resisted
I have not called 
on Pazuzu
Help me. 

Call me. 

Regan. 

Call me by my dream name. Call me. 

Richard Burton :
Pazuzu, Prince of 
The Evil Spirits of The Air,
Take me to Kokumo

I call upon You in The Name 
of Father Lankester Merrin. 


Darth Vader :
How did you find me? 

Richard Burton :
I saw you in the mind of a girl 
who was possessed by Pazuzu

She is still in danger of dreams. 
How can I help her? 

Darth Vader :
Which girl would you help? 
The one possessed by Pazuzu 
or the one held by Father Merrin? 

You must pluck out her evil heart... 
...but Pazuzu has brushed you with his wings. 

You called on Pazuzu to reach me. 
You've lost faith in your God. 
You do not believe. 

Richard Burton :
I do believe! 
I'll do anything to help Regan! 
Anything

Darth Vader :
Then prove Your Faith. 
Cross over. 

Richard Burton :
My Faith is in 
Jesus Christ, reborn

Darth Vader :
Prove it. Cross over
Step out of Your Despair. 

If Pazuzu comes for you, 
I will spit a leopard. 

He FALLS --

Darth Vader :
Can I help you? 

Richard Burton :
I fell. I failed

Darth Vader :
The Heat, perhaps. 
Come inside, it's cooler. 

Richard Burton :
Who are You? 

Darth Vader :
My Name is Kokumo

Richard Burton :
Did you know Father 
Lankester Merrin? 

Darth Vader :
Yes. When I was Young
in EthiopiaWonderful man. 

Richard Burton :
He died while exorcising the demon 
Pazuzu from a young girl. 
Were you ever...?

Darth Vader :
Possessed by Pazuzu? 
That's what My Mother 
used to tell me.

Richard Burton :
Locusts

Darth Vader :
Yes! Let me show you! 
This is one of the main 
control stations 
in equatorial Africa. 

The key factor is 
the brushing 
of the wings. 

When it is dry
The Grasshoppers 
go Their Own Way
Happy Individuals. 

When a heavy rain hatches them 
in large numbers,
They crowd together. 

Their wings brush against each other. 
The agitation transforms them. 
Here, you see them in their various forms. 

Most importantly, 
the brushing of the wings 
changes their personality. 

They become a destructive, 
voracious, marauding swarm, 
with a single mind. 

A Locust Mind, if you will. 
The Evil Swarm sweeps over the earth, 
possessing all that it touches. 

Richard Burton :
Evil breeding Evil by Contact. 

Is there No Hope once The Wings 
have brushed you? 

Darth Vader :
We Try. With the help of Science. 

Look at this young female --
She has been evolved to resist 
the brushing of the wings. 
At least, that is Our Hope. 

We like to call her The Good Locust. 
Her Children will be Our Agents in The Swarm. 

Breaking the chain reaction. 
Remaining forever happy-go-lucky grasshoppers. 


Richard Burton :
Let us pray it succeeds. 
The Good Locust?

The Savage Spider



The Clone Wars: Spidermaul (Darth Maul)






















To The Accuser Who Is The God of This World

 








To the Accuser Who Is
The God of This World

Truly, My Satan, thou art but a Dunce,
And dost not know the Garment from the Man.
Every Harlot was a Virgin once,
Nor canst thou ever change Kate into Nan.

Tho' thou art Worship'd by the Names Divine
Of Jesus & Jehovah, thou art still
The Son of Morn in weary Night's decline,
The lost Traveller's Dream under the Hill.

Pazuzu


 
Merrin vs Pazuzu - Exorcist II - the Heretic (eerie scenes) 
 
The very demon who possessed 12-year-old Regan MacNeil in Washington D.C.! 
 
Pazuzu, the king of the evil spirits of the air. 
Priest Merrin had to deal with him, and now so does Priest Lamont. 
In this terrifying and chilling sequel...
that explains who it was that haunted the MacNeils in the first movie. 
 
Pauline Kael greatly preferred 
Boorman's sequel to the original, 
writing in her review in 
The New Yorker that Exorcist II 
"had more visual magic than a dozen movies." 
 
Kim Newman commented that "Exorcist II doesn't work in all sorts of ways... However, like Ennio Morricone's mix of tribal and liturgical music, it does manage to be very interesting." 
 
Director Martin Scorsese asserted,  
"The picture asks: 
Does great goodness bring upon itself great evil?  
This goes back to the Book of Job
it's God testing the good. 
In this sense, Regan (Linda Blair) is a modern-day saint — 
like Ingrid Bergman in Europa '51
and in a way, like Charlie in Mean Streets
I like the first Exorcist, because of the Catholic guilt I have, 
and because it scared the hell out of me
but The Heretic surpasses it. The movie deserved better than it got."

Thursday, 10 February 2022

There I Was - Mother of God! — There I AM!



•Ignore• 
the nightmare in 
the bathroom. 
Just another ugly refugee 
from The Love Generation. 

Batman had never been able to accept the notion 
… often espoused by former drug abusers …
 that you can get a lot higher 
without drugs than with them. 

And neither have I, for that matter. 



When The Truth is found 
To be lies 
And all the joy 
Within you — dies 

Don't you want somebody to love 
Don't you need somebody to love 
Wouldn't you love somebody to love 
You better find somebody to love Love 
1965
The Great 
San Francisco 
Red-K Wave. 

When the garden flowers 

I recall one night 
in a place called 
The Matrix
There I was - 

Mother of God! 
There I am
Holy fuck

Uh, clearly I was a victim of 
the drug explosion … a natural street freak 
just eating whatever came by. 

Does anybody want some LSD? 
I got all the makin's … right here! All I need is a place to cook. I decided to eat only half of the acid at first … but I spilled the rest on the sleeve of my red woolen shirt. What's the trouble? Well, all this white stuff … on my sleeve … is LSD. With a bit of luck … his life was ruined forever … always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all his favorite bars … men in red woolen shirts … are getting incredible kicks from things he'll never know. 


Strange memories on this nervous night in South Anerley. 

Has it been ten years? Twelve? It seems like a lifetime, the kind of peak that never comes again. 

Love is but a song I sing San Francisco in the middle '60s was a very special time and place to be a part of … - but no explanation … - You can make the mountains ring no mix of words or music or memories … can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive … in that corner of time in the world, whatever it meant. Though the bird is on the wing And you may not know why There was madness in any direction … - Come on, people, now - at any hour. - Smile on your brothers - You could strike sparks anywhere. Everybody get together - Try to love one another - There was a fantastic universal sense … that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. And that, I think, was the handle. Some may come and some may go That sense of inevitable victory over the forces of old and evil. Not in any mean or military sense - we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. We had all the momentum. We were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later … you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look west … and with the right kind of eyes … you can almost see the high-water mark … that place where the wave finally broke … and rolled back.

Interstitial Time




People assume that Time is 
a strict progression of Cause to Effect, 
but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, 
it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, 
timey-wimey….. stuff.





Well, gentleman, to begin with, time isn't smooth. It's made up of little bits. 

HYDE: 
A series of minute present moments. 

RUTH: 
That's it. 
Temporal atoms, so to speak. 

So, if one could push something through the interstices between them, it would be outside our space-time continuum altogether. 

BRIGADIER: 
Where would it be then? 

RUTH: 
Well, Nowhere at all in ordinary terms. 

BRIGADIER: 
You've lost me, Doctor Ingram. 

COOK: 
And me. I've never heard such a farrago of unscientific rubbish in all my life. 
It's a impossible situation. 

HYDE: 
But we've done it. 
We shoved that vase through 
and brought it back, in there. 

BRIGADIER: 
But shoved it through where, for goodness sake? 

BENTON: 
Sort of through the crack between Now, and Now, sir. 

HYDE: 
Right, you've got it.


*****


DOCTOR: 
The Crystal of Kronos. 
So I am right. 


RUTH: 
Kronos? Well, that's what Stuart said. 
Look, Doctor, what is all this about? 


DOCTOR: 
Well, it'll be difficult to accept, 
I warn you. 


RUTH: 
Well, try me. 


DOCTOR: 
Well, luckily you are already familiar with the idea of stepping outside of space-time. 

RUTH: 
I've lived with the concept for months. 


DOCTOR: 
And I've lived with it for many long years. I've been there. 


RUTH: 
You have? 


DOCTOR: 
Yes, I have
Strange place it is, too. 
A place that is No Place. 
A dangerous place where creatures live beyond your wildest imagination. 

Kronovores, Time-Eaters. 

They swallow a Life as quickly 
as a boa constrictor can 
swallow a rabbit, fur and all. 


RUTH: 
Are you saying that Kronos is one of these creatures? 


DOCTOR: 
I am. The most fearsome of the lot.

Rapacious








Annie, there's nothing between Mr. Brenner and me.

Isn't there?
Well, maybe there isn't.
Maybe there's never been anything
between Mitch and any girl.

What do you mean?

I think I'll have some of that.
I was seeing a lot of him in San Francisco.
Then one weekend, he invited me up to meet Lydia.

When was this?

Oh, four years ago, shortly after his father died.
Of course, things may be different now.

Different?

With Lydia.
Did she seem a trifle distant?

A trifle.

Well, then perhaps things aren't quite so different.
You know, her attitude nearly drove me crazy.

When I got back to San Francisco, I spent days trying to figure out exactly what I'd done to displease her.

Well, what had you done?

Nothing.

I simply •existed•. So what's the answer?
A jealous woman, right?

A clinging, possessive mother?

Wrong.
With all due respect to Oedipus, I don't think that was the case.

Then what was it?

Lydia Liked Me.
That's the strange part.
Now that I'm no longer a threat,
we're very good friends.

Then why did she object to you?

Because she was afraid.

Afraid you'd take Mitch?

Afraid I'd •give• Mitch.

I don't understand.

Afraid of any woman who would give Mitch the one thing Lydia can give him, Love.

That adds up to a jealous, possessive woman.

No, I don't think so.
You see, she's not afraid of losing Mitch — 
She's only afraid of being abandoned.

Someone ought to tell her she'd be gaining a daughter.

(CHUCKLES)

No. She already has a daughter.

Well, what about Mitch? Didn't he have anything to say about this?

Well, I can understand his position.
He'd just been through a lot with Lydia after his father died.
He didn't want to risk going through it all again.

Oh, I see.

So it ended. Not right then, of course.
We went back to San Francisco,
saw each other now and then, but we both knew it was over.

Then what are you doing
here in Bodega Bay?

I wanted to be near Mitch.
Oh, it was over and done with,
and I knew it, but...
I still wanted to be near him.
You see, I still like him a hell of a lot,
and I don't want to lose that friendship, ever.