{"id":295,"date":"2004-10-29T22:59:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-29T22:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=295"},"modified":"2004-10-29T22:59:00","modified_gmt":"2004-10-29T22:59:00","slug":"295","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=295","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

More Pagan movies<\/strong><\/p>\n

While we are waiting to see Colin Farrell as Alexander the Great<\/a>, an Icelandic-Canadian cinematic version of Beowulf<\/em> is also in the works, and from the Web site<\/a> Beowulf and Grendel<\/em> looks visually stunning. Although the original story is set probably in Denmark, this one is filmed along the rugged Icelandic coast: read about it in their blogs, linked at the site.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, M. and I recently watched The Witches<\/em><\/a> (also called The Devil’s Own<\/em>, a 1966 thriller starring Joan Fontaine<\/a> and Kay Walsh<\/a>. It was better than we expected, even though the outline of the plot was rapidly apparent. (Why is so important to preserve the lovely 15-year-old girl’s virginity, hmm?)<\/p>\n

Ah, the countryside, preserving the Old Ways under the guidance of the great families who have the villagers’ interest at heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More Pagan movies While we are waiting to see Colin Farrell as Alexander the Great, an Icelandic-Canadian cinematic version of Beowulf is also in the works, and from the Web site Beowulf and Grendel looks visually stunning. 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