L'uomo di vimini

Titolo originale: The Wicker Man
Regia: Robin Hardy |
Anno: 1973
Origine: United Kingdom |
Generi: Horror
Tag: virgin | island | based on novel or book | sacrifice | scotland | ritual | cemetery | investigation | cult | human sacrifice | rural area | disappearance | paganism | policeman | bonfire | psychotronic | voyeurism | may day | folk horror | isolated island | song | sea plane | harvest festival | horror musical |
Cast: Edward Woodward | Christopher Lee | Britt Ekland | Diane Cilento | Ingrid Pitt | Roy Boyd | Lesley Mackie | Walter Carr | Irene Sunters | Lindsay Kemp | Ian Campbell | Kevin Collins | Aubrey Morris | Russell Waters | Donald Eccles | Gerry Cowper | Leslie Blackater | Peter Brewis | Barbara Rafferty | Juliet Cadzow | Ross Campbell | Penny Cluer | Michael Cole | Ian Cutler | Myra Forsyth | John Hallam | Alison Hughes | Charles Kearney | Fiona Kennedy | John McGregor | Jimmy Mackenzie | Jennifer Martin | Bernard Murray | Helen Norman | Lorraine Peters | Tony Roper | John Sharp | Elizabeth Sinclair | Andrew Tompkins | Ian Wilson | Richard Wren | John Young | Robin Hardy | Muriel Greenslade | Annie Ross | George Oliver | Fred Wood |

Il sergente di polizia Howie (Edward Woodward), di ferrea moralità, si reca nell’isoletta di Summerisle al largo della Scozia per indagare sulla presunta scomparsa di una ragazzina. Sull’isola trova un clima disorientante e disinibito che lo frastorna: le cose sembrano affermarsi e negarsi contemporaneamente. La ragazzina sembra addirittura non essere mai esistita. Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee) è affabile e cordiale, ma il suo comportamento è bizzarro e a tratti minaccioso. Il poliziotto cerca di imporre la sua volontà per far rispettare la legge, ma si rende conto che il mistero è più complesso e profondo di quanto immaginasse. Un horror veramente sui generis, fortemente sostenuto da Christopher Lee, che lo ritiene il suo miglior film e nel quale certamente offre la sua migliore, più partecipe e sfaccettata, interpretazione.

Frasi

Harbor Master: Much has been said of the strumpets [...] D
Willow: Some things in their natural state have th [...] D
Sergeant Howie: Don't you see that killing me is n [...] D
Lord Summerisle: In the last century, the islander [...] D
Daisy Pringle: The little old beetle goes 'round a [...] D
Sergeant Howie: You are despicable little liars! D
Willow: What's the matter? Aren't you hungry? Ser [...] D
Sergeant Howie: Where is Rowan Morrison? Lord Sum [...] D
Lord Summerisle: I think I could turn and live wit [...] D
Sergeant Howie: If the crops fail, Summerisle, nex [...] D
Willow: [bussing Howie's dishes] Now, I wonder wha [...] D
Sergeant Howie: There's hardly any produce. Well, [...] D
Sergeant Howie: I'd like to see your index of deat [...] D
Lord Summerisle: Welcome, fool. You have come of y [...] D
May Morrison: Can I do anything for you, Sergeant? [...] D
Rowan Morrison: Did I do it right? Lord Summerisl [...] D
Miss Rose: You are the fool, Mr. Howie. Punch, one [...] D
Lord Summerisle: [referring to sacrifices] Animals [...] D
[outside, several young girls are dancing naked ov [...] D
Sergeant Howie: I believe in the life eternal, as [...] D
Willow: I thought you were gonna come and see me l [...] D
Sergeant Howie: And what of the TRUE God? Whose gl [...] D
Sergeant Howie: I don't know if you know it or not [...] D
Sergeant Howie: I understand that you take the har [...] D
Sergeant Howie: What religion can they possibly be [...] D
Sergeant Howie: [upon seeing the Wicker Man for th [...] D
Miss Rose: The building attached to the ground in [...] D
Miss Rose: Here, we do not use the word... [mouth [...] D
[first lines] Sergeant Howie: [yelling] Will you [...] D
Sergeant Howie: Your lordship seems strangely... u [...] D
Lord Summerisle: [singing] Summer is icumen in, lo [...] D
Sergeant Howie: [in the burning Wicker Man] Oh, Go [...] D
Lord Summerisle: My friends, enough now. We shall [...] D
Miss Rose: I told you plainly, if Rowan Morrison e [...] D
May Morrison: You'll simply never understand the t [...] D
Willow: A man who would come here of his own free [...] D
Lord Summerisle: Do sit down, Sergeant. Shocks are [...] D
Sergeant Howie: [researching May Day] "Primitive m [...] D
Lord Summerisle: Come. It is time to keep your app [...] D
Lord Summerisle: What's the matter with you, MacGr [...] D