Yet still - to my mind - the most viscerally shocking scene I've ever witnessed, despite the discretion in terms of what we actually see. - Simon Dillon

…e casting of a young actress, some of the novel’s more sexually explicit material was also excised, with the infamous crucifix masturbation shortened and toned down. Perhaps the most notable change from novel to film is that the film makes it very clear to the aud…
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Yet still - to my mind - the most viscerally shocking scene I've ever witnessed, despite the discretion in terms of what we actually see.
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Written by Simon Dillon
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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