Word: witched
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...opening scene of the movie close your mind. This girl, Diane Tremayne, a witch, actually poisons people. In two instances, her vial spins other girls into change, alters their lives. In the third instance, it ends a life. You think: But why insult us with poisons and dolls? What do I take seriously...
...Hunter could have made this movie without ritualistic props, if he could have given us a witch of the psyche whose power was entirely of understanding, then cheers upon cheers. Eric, a painter, who speaks for Hunter, says that he wants to become a film maker like Howard Hawks. At one point Emilie tells him, He'd better get going, it's a long way to Howard Hawks...
...More pervasive magic: ESP. The four characters are aware of certain approaching events. They anticipate initial and crucial points of connection, almost as if they were manipulated by a larger force. Which is, in fact, the case. Witch of Changes, mixing her patterns, for what...
Remember that they do not know of the witch in their presence. Only Mark suspects--and finally discovers. Once, before the clock time of the movie, he lost a girl. (In the movie, she appears twice to his mind's eye.) Someone poisoned her, and when she left the hospital, she did not need him. His present girl, Elizabeth, came to him after her own poison trip. Very symmetrical, what? Mark uses both the past and the present caper to triangulate Diane Tremayne. Potions? Acid? Who is to judge the medium? "I made her see her soul," says the witch...
...understand Jeu Total. They play their own game, they conspire to create people. The scene in the hospital when Eric leaves Elizabeth for Emilie, the shortcake scene between Mark and Elizabeth, the park scene between Eric and Emilie--good moments. Something is felt, something is quietly shown. Put the witch out of mind to appreciate Tom Jones, Howard Cutler, Maeve Kinkead, Mary Smith. They make characters into beings...