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Questioning your belief system, 3 February 1999
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Stefan Kahrs from Canterbury, England
It is somewhat strange that some of the best British films of all time are
not very well known outside movie-buff-dom. The Wicker Man is certainly one
of them (another is Get Carter).
The Wicker Man is not just technically very well made, with an excellent
cast, a glorious cinematography and a gripping script, it goes beyond that.
It is one of those rare treats that manage to question your belief system.
It lures you into a foreign system of beliefs, it seduces you into
sympathising with an act that is - legally speaking - a
murder.
It is impossible to categorize the film into a genre. Some have described
it as a horror film, which in a strict sense is completely wrong as there
are no shock elements here, no gore whatsoever, and just one killing; but in
a more relaxed sense this is not such a bad characterisation after all,
because the film uses the language of horror films, e.g. permanently hinting
at that something mysterious and horrific is going on. Similarly flawed are
characterisations as a fantasy film (nothing supernatural) or sci-fi (no
science), but the film takes a little bit each from the flavour of these
genres.
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