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This is a NY Times article written about a month after The Exorcist was released in theatres. Klemesrud stood in a massively long line, interviewing ticketholders and employees at Manhattan’s Cinema I complex. She found out that previous moviegoers had not only vomited, but also hurriedly left, fainted, screamed, endured heart attacks—and one even reportedly had a miscarriage due to the horrific scenes.

Many people waited for up to twelve hours to be able to see how the impossible would be represented on screen. The crowds wanted to see flying objects, spinning heads, levitation, and not to mention the morbid scenes capturing blood, vomit, guts, and gore. Several fans wondered if parts of the book would actually be represented in the film—such as the taboo masturbation-with-the-cross incident and gratuitous language use, among other possibilities.

Some of the interviewees were seeing the movie for the third or fourth time. In fact, one reported feeling “contaminated” when they left the theatre, unable to get rid of the images and feelings aroused during previous views. Even though he had been having terrifying dreams ever since, he still wanted to see it again because of its extreme shock factor.

People leaving the theatre commented on how accurate the film was in comparison to the book, and remarked how “there’s nothing else like it”. Klemesrud goes on to quote a Chicago newspaper, which reported a psychiatric hospital admitting six people who had seen the film.

In considering this historical report, The Exorcist seems to have realistically transmitted a sense of fear and threat; so much so that it managed to provoke all of these reactions and predicaments among its viewers. It can be inferred that the cinematic techniques employed throughout the film played a large role in bringing about these truly terrifying sentiments. Had these special effects not been believable and successful in capturing people’s greatest fears, the film would not have been enjoying so much box office prosperity.

Terror and everyday life : singular moments in the history of the horror film / Jonathan Lake Crane.

Crane, Jonathan Lake. Terror and everyday life : singular moments in the history of the horror film / Jonathan Lake Crane. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1994. 22-45.
Call#: Van Pelt Library--4 East--Temporary Location Annenberg PN1995.9.H6 C72 1994

In Ch 2 of Terror and Everyday Life, titled “Genre Criticism and the Horror Film”, Crane argues that there has been a dramatic shift in the fundamental characteristics underlying the successful contemporary horror film. He has seen a pattern in earlier films, in which it was obvious to discern whether a moment on screen was to be humorous or frightening. He believes that today’s horror does not draw such a clear distinction, but instead makes the viewer just as likely to laugh or squirm with terror.

In fact, he goes on to discuss how the viewer must take the film seriously, as some parts are harmful, but at the same time it demands detachment—since what could have been a gory scene actually turns out to be a dark joke. In his words, “the audience must willingly allow the film to put blood pressure up a notch and tickle macabre funny bones” (36).

In addition, Crane believes that true fans willingly accept discontinuity and meandering plots. Today’s popular horror films do not make conventional sense and thus cause viewers to watch the screen, continually wondering what to do and how to react. In other words, one must be willing to go on this ‘roller coaster ride’ in order to find the film satisfying. On the other hand, for those who need structure and predictability, these new films seem offensive and incomprehensible.

The Exorcist fits in neatly with Crane’s ideas regarding the basic elements of horror films. Through the use of various special effects, many scenes appear outrageous, consequently affecting the audience on opposite ends of a continuum (where one end represents humor and the other threat). For instance, the unpleasant projectile vomiting, desecration of the statue of Mary in the church, obscene sexual language voiced by the seemingly innocent twelve year old Regan, and her uncontrollable thrashing on her bed can either make the audience snicker and laugh, or cringe in utter fear. In addition, the plot is not completely predictable, and many parts do not neatly tie together (i.e. the ending can have multiple meanings). According to Crane, this marks a true contemporary horror film and thus a shift away from previous conventions.

The Exorcist: Video Interview with make-up artist Dick Smith

Warner Brothers.  Video Interview with Dick Smith.  The Exorcist.  1973, 2000.  Retrieved 09 May 2008.  <http://theexorcist.warnerbros.com/cmp/smithvideo.html>

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Exorcist/Mark Kermode

Kermode, Mark. . Exorcist / Mark Kermode. London : British Film Institute, 1997.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PN1997.E96 K476 1997

This small reader gives an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Exorcist. It includes details about disagreements between director Friedkin and producer Blatty, interviews with child star Linda Blair, rare photos shot on set, and background information on the methods used to manufacture the many subliminal images and special effects sequences. Written by film critic Mark Kermode, he gets at the bottom of many of the rumors and mysteries surrounding the film.

Make-up artists, special-effects advisors, and the optical-effects team worked tireless hours in order to create shockingly realistic visuals that broke many cinematic boundaries. First off, it turns out that the entire MacNeil house was re-constructed from scratch in a New York studio. The real house in Georgetown was only used for exterior shots. Friedkin’s team constructed mock-ups of Regan’s bedroom, complete with false walls to promote the jerking of the bed, an air-vented window that would blow and billow on cue, and false ceilings that would allow Blair to levitate with the help of piano wires (previously rumored to have been possible by the use of a ‘magnetic field’). Furthermore, the entire room was encased in a refrigerator-like cocoon, which kept the temperature below freezing point in order to create visibly condensed breath.

Another salient special effect was Regan’s projectile vomiting. Make-up artist Dick Smith developed a plastic mouth harness that would pump split pea soup into Blair’s mouth, then out through a central nozzle. On other side of her face, the harness would be covered by heavy makeup, while the main feeder tube would lay underneath her hair. When in use, Regan could be seen vomiting large amounts of green matter from her mouth, in a supernatural--yet realistic way.

In addition, Regan had both a human-double (played by Eileen Dietz) and dummy-double. In the famous 360 degree head-turn sequence, the camera moves from Father Karras’ indifferent reaction, to the dummy, which is seen in a full face shot overlapped with the heavily made-up features of Eileen Dietz. Apparently, the optical effects team used a beam-splitter to match a live, glass reflection of Dietz speaking in demon-like make-up, over a head-shot of Blair’s life-size dummy, which remained stationary in contrast. This technique makes the viewer see the dummy ‘move’, which contrasts with the previous head-revolving shot. Thus, in a single image, Friedkin takes the film from the absurd to the awe-inspiring, thereby accomplishing horror when laughter could have easily replaced it.

These are only a few examples of the unconventional special effects employed in The Exorcist. With an approximate $12 million budget, and the ingenuity of a unique collective of artists, Friedkin was able to direct a film that blurred the line between illusion and reality, therefore successfully creating a true horror film.

Annotated Bibliography: Introduction/Summary of Movie

Based on his best-selling novel, The Exorcist was written and produced by William Peter Blatty, who worked alongside Hollywood director William Friedkin. The film was influenced by an actual exorcism case involving the supposed demonic possession of a fourteen-year-old boy in a suburb of Washington D.C. A student at the Jesuit Georgetown University at the time, the young Blatty felt that the boy's eventual healing was proof of the devil's existence, and thus the power of God, heaven, and faith.

The film recounts the story of Regan, a pre-pubescent girl living with her single mother, Chris MacNeil, in a posh Georgetown suburb. All is going well until Chris hears strange sounds in the attic, which is followed by a series of peculiar behaviors elicited by Regan. She becomes unruly, urinates in front of guests, and uses gratuitous profanity among other things.

Her mother is shocked and desperate, so quickly consults a team of doctors for her care. Regan undergoes several intensely painful medical procedures, but nothing seems to give definitive physical results. After the death of a family friend and her continually dangerous behavior, the doctors 'give up' and resort to religious means. They suggest the ritual of an exorcism in helping Regan get back to her usual self.

Chris approaches Father Karras to perform the exorcism. After much hesitation and doubt on his part, he eventually agrees to do so under the instruction of the experienced Father Merrin. What ensues is a fight between good and evil, where both sides pay a price for the liberation of little Regan.

Overall, The Exorcist proved to be a breakthrough in contemporary horror film, setting the stage for future successes in this genre. On the surface, the film was popular because of its cinematic craftsmanship, successfully achieving basic elements of a horror film and portraying supernatural events as highly realistic for its time. Additionally, on a deeper level, its exploration of controversial issues tapped into the true fears and concerns of crowds at large. Both of these cinematic and thematic aspects played a role in the film's wide appeal.

This annotated bibliography provides a brief list of sources that investigate these topics.

(It should be noted that there are several controversial themes that are highlighted in the film. Such include, but are not limited to: female and child victimization, uncontrollable youth, violation and disfigurement of the body, offensive language, sexual vulgarity, desecration of the Catholic Church, breakdown of the family, destruction of the home, etc. Since this project only entails ten items, I have chosen to focus on one overarching issue that the film forces us to contemplate--the role of religion versus that of science/modern day medicine. I present four sources that offer differing views on the state of each institution in the modern world. The other six sources describe cinematic techniques, of which two function to assess their credibility based on audience reaction.)

The Exorcist (1973)

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American exorcism : expelling demons in the land of plenty / Michael W. Cuneo.

Cuneo, Michael W. . American exorcism : expelling demons in the land of plenty / Michael W. Cuneo. 1st ed. 0385501765 (alk. paper) series New York : Doubleday, 2001.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BV873.E8 C86 2001

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American Foreign Relations since 1600

Bibliography of all sources relating to American Foreign Relations. Contains references to importantly relevant diaries of all periods.

Women and the British empire : an annotated guide to sources / Susan F. Bailey.

Van Pelt Library Reference: HQ1593 .B24 1983

Black American Feminisms Bibliography: (Auto)Biographies, Memoirs, Journal Writings, Personal Narratives

Primary sources in European diplomacy, 1914-1945 : a bibliography of published memoirs and diaries / compiled by Frederic M. Messick.

Van Pelt Library Reference: D443 .M395 1987

Canadian diaries and autobiographies.

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British diaries, an annotated bibliography of British diaries written between 1442 and 1942.

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NEW ENGLAND DIARIES 1602-1800, A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF DIARIES, ORDERLY BOOKS AND SEA JOURNALS.

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Civil war diaries and personal narratives, 1960-1994 : a selected bibliography of books in the general collections of the Library of Congress / compiled by Albert E. Smith, Jr.

Van Pelt Library Reference: E464 .L52 1998

Civil war diaries and personal narratives, 1960-1994 : a selected bibliography of books in the general collections of the Library of Congress / compiled by Albert E. Smith, Jr.

Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks REF E464 .L52 1998

Civil War eyewitnesses : an annotated bibliography of books and articles, 1955-1986 / by Garold L. Cole.

Van Pelt Library Reference: E601 .C78 1988

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American diaries in manuscript, 1580-1954; a descriptive bibliography.

Van Pelt Library: Z5305.U5 M32
Van Pelt Library Stacks: Z5305.U5 M32

British women's diaries : a descriptive bibliography of selected nineteenth-century women's manuscript diaries / Cynthia Huff.

Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks: HQ1593 .H93 1985

And so to bed : a bibliography of diaries published in English / by Patricia Pate Havlice.

Comprehensive coverage from 838 C. E. to 1978. Organized by beginning date of diary.
Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks: CT25 .H38 1987

Published diaries and letters of American women : an annotated bibliography / Joyce D. Goodfriend.

Coverage from 1669-1982.
Van Pelt Library Reference: CT3260 .G66 1987

Personal writings by women to 1900 : a bibliography of American and British writers / compiled by Gwenn Davis and Beverly A. Joyce.

Comprehensive from 1475-1899. Lists primarily diaries, but includes letters and autobiographies.
Van Pelt Library Reference: PS147 .D385 1989

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Civil War eyewitnesses : an annotated bibliography of books and articles, 1986-1996 / Garold L. Cole ; foreword by James I. Robertson, Jr.

Lists 1395 diaries, letters, autobiographies, etc., which were published in journals or as books.
Van Pelt Library Reference: E601 .C79 2000.

Digital Workflow Management: The Lester S. Levy Digitized Collection of Sheet Music

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Women's diaries, journals, and letters : an annotated bibliography / Cheryl Cline.

An international bibliography for published diaries.
Van Pelt Library Reference: CT3230 .C55 1989

Guide to Mormon diaries and autobiographies / Davis Bitton.

Van Pelt Library: BX8693 .B75

British manuscript diaries of the nineteenth century : an annotated listing / by John Stuart Batts.

Van Pelt Library: Z6611.B6 B38 1976

American diaries, an annotated bibliography of American diaries written prior to the year 1861 / compiled by William Matthews, with the assistance of Roy Harvey Pearce.

Largely superseded by Arksay and Havlice bibliographies (above).
Van Pelt Library: Z5305.U5 M3 1959

American diaries : an annotated bibliography of published American diaries and journals / Laura Arksey, Nancy Pries, and Marcia Reed.

Van Pelt Library Reference: CT214 .A74 1983

Coverage of diaries from 1492-1980. Useful indexes. Updates Matthews bibliography (see below).

Through a woman's I : an annotated bibliography of American women's autobiographical writings, 1946-1976 / Patricia K. Addis.

Van Pelt Library Reference: CT3260 .A32 1983

American diaries of World War II / edited and with introductions by Donald Vining.

Van Pelt Library: D811.A2 A47 1982

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New paradigm for treating recurrent depression: From symptom control to managing enduring vulnerabilities.

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Feminist futures: From dystopia to eutopia?

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Contextualising workers' health and safety in urban settings: The need for a global perspective and an integrated approach

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BRONX (WABC) -- Six people were hurt when a bus scraped an overpass on a Bronx highway Friday night.

None of the injuries are considered life-threatening, but the roof of the Greyhound bus was ripped off in the crash.

The incident happened on the Henry Hudson Parkway near 252nd Street. The bus was coming from Massachusetts.

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American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography

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In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal Narratives

North American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial to 1950

Fulltext of letters and diaries, published and manuscript, of American women during the Colonial period through 1950.

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America: History and Life

Covers the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Articles from 1964 to the present. Article abstracts may reference various published and unpublished diaries.

MLA International Bibliography

Covers literature, languages, folklore, and linguistics. Includes English and foreign languages. Articles from 1963 to the present.

Periodicals Index Online

Includes many references to articles about diaries and reviews of published diaries. Covers 18th-20th century publications.

Victorian Database Online

Content covers the time period from 1830-1914. Publication dates of articles represent 1945 to present.

Historical Abstracts

Covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present. Excludes United States and Canada. Articles published 1974 to the present.

The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War

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Documenting the American South homepage

Collection of full-text documents from UNC. Especially strong coverage of diaries and narratives by slaves and white southerners.

Web diary collections

American Memory from the Library of Congress

Run a search for 'diary' in the search interface to see a list of the thousands of diaries and related materials that are available or browse through specific sections.

The American Civil War

Click on the link for 'Diaries, Letter and Memoirs' to see a list of available items.

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Discussion of Diaries

Bitter, bitter tears : nineteenth-century diarists and twentieth-century grief theories / Paul C. Rosenblatt.

Van Pelt Library:BF575.G7 R67 1983

Leaving a trace : on keeping a journal : the art of transforming a life into stories / Alexandra Johnson.

Van Pelt Library: PN4390 .J55 2001

Holocaust chronicles : individualizing the Holocaust through diaries and other contemporaneous personal accounts / edited by Robert Moses Shapiro ; introduction by Ruth R. Wisse.

Van Pelt Library: D804.18 .H67 1999

Early nineteenth-century American diary literature / by Steven E. Kagle.

Van Pelt Library: PS409 .K33 1986

Late nineteenth-century American diary literature / by Steven E. Kagle.

Van Pelt Library PS409 .K33 1988

American diary literature, 1620-1799 / by Steven E. Kagle.

Van Pelt Library: PS409 .K3

Book of one's own : people and their diaries / Thomas Mallon.

Van Pelt Library: PN4390 .M34 1984

Marginal voices, marginal forms : diaries in European literature and history / edited by Rachael Langford and Russell West.

Van Pelt Library: PN4390 .M37 1999

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Chinatown rezoning call keeps resounding at C.B. 3

By Heather Murray

Although Community Board 3 Chairperson David McWater has said the board won't ask the Department of Planning to expand a 114-block East Village/Lower East Side rezoning plan to include the Bowery and Chinatown, a coalition determined to expand the rezoning's area is working to mobilize the community.

The Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side was formed earlier this year to promote rezoning all of Community Board 3. The umbrella organization includes the Chinese Staff and Workers Association, National Mobilization Against Sweatshops, Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, Two Bridges Neighborhood Housing Council, the Sixth Street Community Center, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Chinese Restaurant Alliance and the Community Coalition Against the Business Improvement District.
The original rezoning study that jumpstarted the plan was brought to the community board in 2005 by the East Village Community Coalition. The coalition was formed in 2004 to fight Gregg Singer's high-rise dormitory plan on the site of the old P.S. 64 on E. Ninth St.

...

C.S.W.A.’s Lee is worried that if the areas surrounding Chinatown are rezoned, it would entice developers to buy up property on the Bowery and in Chinatown. She feels for this reason it’s the Chinatown developers who are pushing for the redevelopment plan, not the working class.

“The community board, too, has a role to represent the entire community, not to draw a circle around where the leaders live,” Lee said. “They also need to represent the community, instead of pushing the government’s racist agenda upon the people, instead of becoming the mouthpiece for the developers in this community.”
Hoon Kim first spoke on behalf of the National Mobilization Against Sweatshops at C.B. 3’s January meeting.

Since then, his organization and others in the coalition have been spreading the word about their opposition to the rezoning. Within the past couple of weeks, he has disseminated information and gathered petition signatures at several intersections in the area, including Avenue B and Sixth St. and Delancey and Pitt Sts., and visited local churches, senior centers and small businesses. The coalition has gathered more than 5,000 petition signatures thus far. Speaking last week, Kim said he knew of another 100 people in the past few previous days alone who had signed on to the coalition’s cause.

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Dismantling truth : reality in the post-modern world : based on a series of papers presented at a conference at the ICA and related materials / edited by Hilary Lawson and Lisa Appignanesi.

Dismantling truth : reality in the post-modern world : based on a series of papers presented at a conference at the ICA and related materials / edited by Hilary Lawson and Lisa Appignanesi. [0312032617 :] New York : St. Martin's Press, 1989.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BD171 .D57 1989

Stories about stories / Hilary Lawson -- Stories about truth : introduction / Hilary Lawson -- Science as solidarity / Richard Rorty -- Rationality, truth and the new fuzzies / W.H. Newton-Smith -- After truth : post-modernism and the rhetoric of science / Hugh Tomlinson -- Realism in the social sciences / David Ruben -- Stories about science : introduction / Hilary Lawson -- The meaning of experiment : replication and reasonableness / H.M. Collins -- Touching truth / Richard L. Gregory -- Clothing the naked truth / Bruno Latour -- Stories about representation : introduction / Hilary Lawson -- The ideology of representation and the role of the agent / Steve Woolgar -- Lying on the couch / John Forrester.

Flaming in electronic communication

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City on Steroids // Current

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boom to its impoverished interior province where three out of four Chinese
live. Vanguard takes you on a whirlwind tour of the city---from inside a
cramped boarding house where migrant workers to inside a starter apartment
of China's new class of yuppies; from inside ancient, crumbling teahouses to
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