
Wise Blood de John Huston (1980) : des prophètes sudistes et des escrocs
Author(s) -
Anne-Marie Paquet-Deyris
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
mise au point
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2261-9623
DOI - 10.4000/map.1845
Subject(s) - art , flannery , humanities , philosophy , theology
International audienceLiterally framing "Hazel the desperate believer" (Tarantino, 15) in Wise Blood, John Huston inscribes on screen with surprising restraint O'Connor's Gothic South of religious hysteria. His documentary-like but also paranoid capture retains the same strange and humorous quality as that of the Catholic author of the source novel. How then is it captured on screen by a self-proclaimed non-believer ? And which kind of strange unenlightened prophets and con men does the filmic narrative bring to the fore