1971 religious movie
Rating: 17/20
Plot: A priest and the city he tries to protect run into trouble when a hunchbacked nun falls in love with him.
"Take away my hump!"
Vanessa Redgrave is so awesome in this, impossibly bent and laughing like a female Nicolas Cage. Unhinged looks good on her. There's something terrifying this character's insanity.
There's something terrifying about the movie's insanity actually. It's unhinged, but unhinged looks good on it. It beings with this elaborate staged dance number before launching into this stream of skeletons on spinning wheels (speaking of them--that's some final shot, no?), hunchbacked dream sequences, giggling doctors with hornets, alligator/sword fights, crucifixion fantasies, protestant shootings, nun masturbation, exorcism enemas, odd character choreography. It's a barrage of imagery that would make Mike Pence blush. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is my favorite kind of imagery.
Actually, that's all I want in life now. I want to watch the orgy/possession sequence with Mike Pence.
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