Vaj wrote: > > On Jan 3, 2009, at 2:58 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > >> Vaj wrote: >>> <snip> >>> >>> Ever see the movie The Serpent and the Rainbow? A true story. >> I watched it again last night. I probably saw it years ago on VHS >> (yuck!). Right now it is available on FearNet in HD on Comcast >> OnDemand for free. > > If you see the movie "blind" and have some idea of the reality of > voudoun--which is very much still alive in the US, esp. the New > orleans area (although it's present in Chicago, Montreal and > elsewhere)--it'll leave an impression on you won't soon forget. Esp. > since much of it is historical fiction. It's available for rent and > sale (9.99) on the iTunes store. > > The book is actually much better. > > I've not read his later Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the > Haitian Zombie, but maybe I should add that one to the pile. :-) The extras on the movie "The Skeleton Key" are quite informative about the state of the practice of voodoo, hoodoo, etc. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397101/
I guess as a movie buff I was amused at comparing today's films with Wes Craven's production of "Serpent and the Rainbow." Today's films would have had a "happily ever after" ending. Some folks might also recognize the much younger Paul Guilfoyle playing the pharmaceutical company guy who nowadays can be seen on CSI.
