Thursday, July 18, 2013

The Last Scene: PRIEST

6 comments:

Todd Mason said...

PRIEST a rather better film than THE LOVE BOAT (either version) was as a tv series...

(Though the FANTASY ISLAND revival was pretty good...and ?therefore? shortlived.)

pattinase (abbott) said...

Makes me cry.

Anonymous said...

Oh, this is one I've not seen, Patti. Interesting choice.

J F Norris said...

I had big problems with this movie. But Linus Roache was amazing nonetheless.

A much better film about the sacrifices men make in their emotional lives in order to live the life of a priest is addressed more eloquently in THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, an Australian film based on Thomas Kennealy's novel. (Not to be confused with a documentary with the same name about Amish teens who go on their furloughs into the "real world".)

pattinase (abbott) said...

I'll look for that one, John.

J F Norris said...

Oops! Need to correct a big memory lapse on my part. The writer Thomas Keneally only acted in the movie. THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND was written by the film's director Australian Fred Schepisi.