The Devils (1971) ****1/2

I finally got around to seeing Ken Russell's controversial The Devils (1971), albeit technically in truncated form. (The version streaming on The Criterion Channel is the R-rated cut, which is what I watched; there is a longer X-rated cut, available on DVD only, and a "director's cut," with two deleted scenes reinstated, which has had very limited screenings, but has never been released on home video.) A wild, demented, frenzied political sexual religious masterwork which I hope will eventually (and really deserves to) be released totally uncut on 4K UHD or Blu-ray someday.

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