Nuttier Than a Wagon Load of Pralines
In
the last 30 years of rewatching The Ninth
Configuration, something about the shock of my first viewing has never worn
off.
Like
Jake and Elwood Blues, screenwriter-director William Peter Blatty was on a
mission from God. If he left a few overturned cars or crushed motorcyclists in
his wake, it was a feature, not a bug. Wonder what was going on in his head? Too
late to ask now; he died last year. But we do have this book featuring the
original shooting script.
