Really enjoyed the #WickerMan50th anniversary cinematic showing of #TheWickerManTheFinalCut on #SummerSolstice2023, & appreciated the accompanying #documentary. Beyond my flippant reaction that watching a #Beltane film at #Solstice is like watching #DieHard at #Easter, I have some serious, more considered issues with #TheWickerMan, despite it being a lifelong favourite of mine. So, I wrote a short essay (see link). What do others who've seen it think about #TheWickerMan?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y1pFZc6d9wVoGvh6d4iQZxbiezWETAM4o-L7nORT9L4/edit?usp=drivesdk

GL Wicker Man Commentary 20230625

Although "The Wicker Man" is an old favourite of mine, I am still going to challenge it on a number of fronts. I have always wondered why May Day on the Hebridean Summerisle looks exactly the same as May Day in Padstow, Cornwall, nearly 800 miles to the south. After all, there is absolutely no e...

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Have just watched #theWickerManTheFinalCut at the cinema (with bonus hour+ long interview segment from the screening in May)
T'is a good version, only coming second to the Singalong version I saw at a festival once.

Review – The Wicker Man: The Final Cut 4K Restoration – “Stunning and an absolutely unmissable cinematic event.” Read it here https://bit.ly/3Npniym #review by Alan Simmons

#TheWickerMan #ChristopherLee #BrittEkland #EdwardWoodward #4K #TheWickerManTheFinalCut

Review – The Wicker Man: The Final Cut 4K Restoration – “Stunning and an absolutely unmissable cinematic event” | Live for Films