... this film did. There's no denying that it's an incredibly well-made and superbly acted work, but after seeing it for the first time in over 50 years, I felt unclean.
I've long believed that no act of perversion, sadism or sheer cruelty depicted on film could never have been carried out somewhere in real life. For there is demonstrably simply no limit to human depravity and sheer evil.
It's also a core belief of mine that religion through the ages has always been nothing but a way for the most useless, parasitic, bullying and simply vile people to gain power and control over the masses. Witness the unimaginable wealth of the so-called Christian churches, extorted from their sheep-like followers over the centuries. And the appalling torture and murder of those who displeased them, or challenged their power. And the intolerance and bestial savagery practised by Islam to this very day.
Yes, a brilliant film, but a terrible indictment of the human race. It makes me prouder than ever to declare myself: A HARDLINE ATHEIST.
I've long believed that no act of perversion, sadism or sheer cruelty depicted on film could never have been carried out somewhere in real life. For there is demonstrably simply no limit to human depravity and sheer evil.
It's also a core belief of mine that religion through the ages has always been nothing but a way for the most useless, parasitic, bullying and simply vile people to gain power and control over the masses. Witness the unimaginable wealth of the so-called Christian churches, extorted from their sheep-like followers over the centuries. And the appalling torture and murder of those who displeased them, or challenged their power. And the intolerance and bestial savagery practised by Islam to this very day.
Yes, a brilliant film, but a terrible indictment of the human race. It makes me prouder than ever to declare myself: A HARDLINE ATHEIST.