Distributor Warner Bros. Clockwork will also begin public screenings in North America from October 16. The company has stated that the film will be re-released in a 'Director's Cut'.
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The Cannes Film Festival has rolled out the red carpet for the film 'The Devils', which was banned due to religious controversy and sexual scenes. The film, directed by Ken Russell, is set to premiere in Cannes' 'Classic' film section.
The Cannes Film Festival has rolled out the red carpet for the film 'The Devils', which was banned due to religious controversy and sexual scenes, after 55 years. The film, directed by Ken Russell, is set to premiere under the 'Classic' film section of Cannes. The 79th edition of Cannes will run from Tuesday to May 23 in Cannes, France.
American film distribution company Warner Bros. Clockwork is set to re-release 'The Devils' in 4K technology. The same company will also start showing Kane's film in North America under global release from October 16. The distribution company has said that the film, which faced a lot of censorship problems during its screening in 1971, will be re-released in the 'Director's Cut'.
Based on the 1952 non-fiction play ‘The Devils of Loudon’, this horror film won Ken Russell the Best Director award at the 33rd Venice Film Festival and the National Board of Review in New York.
The film tells the dramatic story of the 17th-century Roman Catholic priest Urbain Grandier, who was accused of witchcraft after a property was destroyed in Loudon, France, and his assistant (nun) Sister Jeanne des Anges, accusing him of sexual lust. ‘The Devils’ is known as the most controversial film of all time, which was banned by Finland for 30 years.
Film historian Tim Lucas, citing the example of ‘The Devils’, notes that the government is at its most immoral when it has close ties to the church, and that it has a history of making filmmakers, philosophers or progressives the scapegoats. Similarly, film expert Thomas Atkins argues that despite the clear themes of religion and political influence in The Devils, the film focuses more on “sexuality and sexual perversion.” Commenting on the character of Sister Jean, he interprets the “erotic fantasy scenes” in the film as the product of the character’s distorted consciousness.
However, most critics have also criticized The Devils negatively, calling it “obscene.” The Vatican publicly condemned the film and even asked for its screening at the Venice Film Festival. Reviewer Roger Ebert gave the film a zero rating in the Chicago Sun-Times, while Pauline Kyle of The New Yorker accused director Russell of being a patient of “hysteria” but of marketing it instead of treating it. “The critics were crazy about the film, but the audience seemed excited,” she said.
Charles Champlin wrote in the Los Angeles Times that the film was “anti-human.” Time Out Magazine also ranked 'The Devils' 47th in its list of the 50 most controversial films in film history in 2015.
