in the "recommended videos" sidebar section, youtube has suggested i buy or rent The Wicker Man (2006). it is classified as a Romance film. I don't know what to think about that.
Hey, if watching Nic Cage in a bear suit punching out unarmed women before screaming "not the bees!" doesn't get you at least a little misty-eyed, you must be pretty dead inside...
when I was in primary school, one year they decided out of nowhere to adopt the school house system (despite the fact we were a bog standard state primary in the middle of nowhere) and the house I ended up in was named after William Lever. I might have been happier about it if I'd known what The Wicker Man was when I was nine.
Love your videos so much! Growing up in the UK, The Wicker Man always seemed to have a very prestigious reputation. I've seen it twice, and both times been caught off guard by how strange the structure is. The first quarter really does feel like a detective movie, and between the sinister elements there are bouts of camp. It's not a film I feel very close to, but I can definitely see why it'd be someone's favourite.
You gotta understand stand, back in the 70s people thought differently back then. They were more respectful and less arrogant and punky which is prevalent today. If a man says horror, it was horrific, just like that hortific film called deliverance that came out at the same time, you better believe its something you dont want happening to you. 😳😳😳😳😳
Oh... Wait? Now I have a serious question. Is there *maybe* a Dracula (or vampire) movie that is *not* about xenophobia and horniness? I wouldn't put it beyond someone to make something like that (and maybe even do so in a good way (though it would be hard probably)).
@@saveoursquirrels4241 Oh, I feel that is almost certainly true, but some people work really hard to break anything that is not matching *their* world view, to fit in it. I'm *sure* the people who would try it in genuine seriousness... Would either fail (but think they succeeded) or succeed, and create something genuinely terrible.
I saw the wickerman for the first time in Cinemas the other day, it’s great! The new restoration does not include the dedication to a lord summerisle though - instead it just has a splash screen about the restoration itself
It must've been the Middle Version (aka Final Cut) you saw, then. For a lot of people it's the definitive one, but personally I'm not a fan. In fact, even though it's one of my all-time favourite films, there's no existing cut of it that's perfect imo (I'm actually a rare defender of the controversial Short Version, aka Theatrical Cut- a statement for which I'm sure most Wicker Man fans would gladly see me go the way of Sgt Howie lol- although even I admit that it has its flaws, notably excising the whole of the Gently Johnny scene that introduces Lord Summerisle). My main problem with the Middle Version is, as you point out, that it omits the "the producers would like to thank the Lord Summerisle" dedication, opting instead for a slow zoom towards a picture of Nuada the Sun God. I also think the movie works best starting with Howie's journey towards Summerisle- the scenes on the mainland present in the Long Version (aka Director's Cut) are largely unnecessary (Robin Hardy himself agreed with me on this, hence why they were mostly taken out of the Final Cut), and I'm also not a fan of the Middle Version opening on Howie's sermon in the church, it establishes exactly who he is and what he represents too early on rather than letting us discover it more organically from his reaction to the villagers. I own copies of all three cuts (the Short Version on DVD and bootleg copies of the Middle and Long versions on my computer), and as soon as I get around to transferring my DVD copy of the Short Version to digital I plan to edit my own "Final Cut" (starting the same way as the Short Version but then including most of the Long Version- a guy called Adam Milazzo did a better job restoring it than the original Director's Cut release and also added about an extra minute of footage, so I'll probably use his version which I also have a copy of- with a few details chopped and changed to include some of the Short Version's structure that I prefer). Then there's the legendary 102-minute version that some people claim to have seen a bootleg VHS copy of, but I've yet to find any definitive leads on this myself... hopefully one day the original negatives will turn up somewhere and we'll finally get to see the original cut, but the common consensus is that they're landfill under the M4 motorway, so best not get one's hopes up too much. I do have a complete collection of all the available production stills of those lost scenes, so that's something I guess🤷♂
The Wicker Man is one of the most incredible films I have ever seen and I saw it as a child on BBC TV in the mid 1970's. My oldest mate Al was from S.West Scotland ( nos in Luxembourg) and some of it was filmed in Creetown. His auntie was filmed looking out of an upstairs window with glasses and it was made to look like part of the plot, but she did that all of the time. I later knew Ian Cutler, the fiddle player who was 16 at this time. He thought he would be working in film forever, but was not. He worked as a civilian police clerk in Buckhurst Hill / Loughton Essex, UK for a bit. I once approached him in a pub in Bodicote, Oxfordshire and loudly called to him ; "think what you're doing, thing what you're doing". He seemed to appreciate it, ha ha!
Thank you for making this video. The Wickerman is one of my favorite movies too. The first time I saw it was in October of 2010. I just got back from visiting some friends in Chicago for my birthday, I was the good kind of tired where I space out just enough to be chill and able to focus at the same time. I was looking for something to watch on TV, and I found it playing on IFC. About fifteen minutes into the movie, it got really windy, which made the experience of watching the movie even more creepy. I loved it so much, and begged most of my friends to watch it with me whenever they could.
I guess Christopher Lee was trying to vary his filmography in the 70s. Between this and his Bond villain role, he was slated to 'sing' in the WHO's TommyThe Movie. Jack Nicholson was on his way to Cannes so Jack was taped into making a stop to sing and dance with a bejeweled Ann-Margret. It is weird now to think of Lee playing this seductive doctor.
Jenna, I loved BOTH of your Wicker Man vids, and if you want to do another 20 I WILL WATCH. You have such enthusiasm for this tremendous film!!! THANK YOU.
My partner and I are into horror and few years ago for Christmas just got ourselves a bunch of Blu-ray’s of classic films we hadn’t seen yet. Wicker Man was one of them and we loved it, but I didn’t realize until watching this that we had seen the Final Cut version. This is just like how I saw the lord of the rings extended versions first as a kid and didn’t realize there was a different, shorter version until years later.
As a remake, it's the worst thing ever. As a standalone (unintentional) comedy, it's absolute perfection. I love the original Wicker Man more than life itself, it's been in my top 5 all-time favourite movies ever since I first watched it as a young teenager, and I've probably watched it close on 200 times- to the point where I can quote the entire screenplay from memory. But as a die-hard Cage fan I do make a point of revisiting the remake every now and then, it's my absolute favourite of Cage's bad movies.
Maybe I'm just a Cagehead, but I'd also defend the remake (on Wiseau grounds) as an anti-remake. Whether they did it on purpose, they made every creative decision possible to demonstrate why you probably shouldn't remake a classic - also for anyone who hasn't seen the original, I'd highlight the subversion of power dynamics in the film (don't want to say too much, just that tthe fish out of water is a catholic poliiceman)
Whoa. Today I was looking at showing for the wicker man at a local theatre, and then the last thing I did before clicking onto youtube and seeing this was finish off episode 210 of the insert credit show, featuring JENNA STOEBER!. Summoning circle of coincidences.
For some reason, even though I am subscribed, I didn't get a notification for this video! And I love videos about the Wicker Man, so I'm understandably excited to see it.
This movie isn't necessarily horror..but it is haunting and thought provoking, and evokes conflicting emotions..I've rewatched throughout my life (48 now) and keep finding new things to consider..and it's comforting to watch now
I’m for real starting to become obsessed with this movie tbh… I can’t get over the soundtrack either, I just want to weep when I hear Willows Song or Gently Johnny. Now to go hunt for a copy of the OST on vinyl… Thanks for making my day, the happy I feel finding a BRAND NEW video about the wicker man less than 24hrs old is a joy, for sure. 𖢅
The album Becoming X by The Sneaker Pimps has a track called How Do…a beautiful song. One night I decided to watch the original Wicker Man and I hear Britt Ekland, who played Willow, beautifully singing How Do (aka Willow’s song).
"I'm only mortal cause I die at the end of my life" is getting added to my list of go-to phrases.
That is a hell of a line.
i welcome you pivoting the channel to exclusively wicker man related content
in the "recommended videos" sidebar section, youtube has suggested i buy or rent The Wicker Man (2006). it is classified as a Romance film. I don't know what to think about that.
Hey, if watching Nic Cage in a bear suit punching out unarmed women before screaming "not the bees!" doesn't get you at least a little misty-eyed, you must be pretty dead inside...
I love how much you love The Wicker Man
when I was in primary school, one year they decided out of nowhere to adopt the school house system (despite the fact we were a bog standard state primary in the middle of nowhere) and the house I ended up in was named after William Lever. I might have been happier about it if I'd known what The Wicker Man was when I was nine.
Wicker Man and Don't Look Now is such a perfect double-feature pairing, it's just unfortunate one was seen as a "B film"
A masterpiece of British cinema
The Wicker Man is also my absolute favourite movie, and every time you talk about it in a video I'm delighted. thanks as always!
Love your videos so much! Growing up in the UK, The Wicker Man always seemed to have a very prestigious reputation. I've seen it twice, and both times been caught off guard by how strange the structure is. The first quarter really does feel like a detective movie, and between the sinister elements there are bouts of camp. It's not a film I feel very close to, but I can definitely see why it'd be someone's favourite.
You gotta understand stand, back in the 70s people thought differently back then. They were more respectful and less arrogant and punky which is prevalent today. If a man says horror, it was horrific, just like that hortific film called deliverance that came out at the same time, you better believe its something you dont want happening to you. 😳😳😳😳😳
Oh... Wait? Now I have a serious question. Is there *maybe* a Dracula (or vampire) movie that is *not* about xenophobia and horniness? I wouldn't put it beyond someone to make something like that (and maybe even do so in a good way (though it would be hard probably)).
Idk I think vampires might be irrevocably horny
@@saveoursquirrels4241 Oh, I feel that is almost certainly true, but some people work really hard to break anything that is not matching *their* world view, to fit in it. I'm *sure* the people who would try it in genuine seriousness... Would either fail (but think they succeeded) or succeed, and create something genuinely terrible.
I saw the wickerman for the first time in Cinemas the other day, it’s great! The new restoration does not include the dedication to a lord summerisle though - instead it just has a splash screen about the restoration itself
It must've been the Middle Version (aka Final Cut) you saw, then. For a lot of people it's the definitive one, but personally I'm not a fan. In fact, even though it's one of my all-time favourite films, there's no existing cut of it that's perfect imo (I'm actually a rare defender of the controversial Short Version, aka Theatrical Cut- a statement for which I'm sure most Wicker Man fans would gladly see me go the way of Sgt Howie lol- although even I admit that it has its flaws, notably excising the whole of the Gently Johnny scene that introduces Lord Summerisle). My main problem with the Middle Version is, as you point out, that it omits the "the producers would like to thank the Lord Summerisle" dedication, opting instead for a slow zoom towards a picture of Nuada the Sun God. I also think the movie works best starting with Howie's journey towards Summerisle- the scenes on the mainland present in the Long Version (aka Director's Cut) are largely unnecessary (Robin Hardy himself agreed with me on this, hence why they were mostly taken out of the Final Cut), and I'm also not a fan of the Middle Version opening on Howie's sermon in the church, it establishes exactly who he is and what he represents too early on rather than letting us discover it more organically from his reaction to the villagers. I own copies of all three cuts (the Short Version on DVD and bootleg copies of the Middle and Long versions on my computer), and as soon as I get around to transferring my DVD copy of the Short Version to digital I plan to edit my own "Final Cut" (starting the same way as the Short Version but then including most of the Long Version- a guy called Adam Milazzo did a better job restoring it than the original Director's Cut release and also added about an extra minute of footage, so I'll probably use his version which I also have a copy of- with a few details chopped and changed to include some of the Short Version's structure that I prefer).
Then there's the legendary 102-minute version that some people claim to have seen a bootleg VHS copy of, but I've yet to find any definitive leads on this myself... hopefully one day the original negatives will turn up somewhere and we'll finally get to see the original cut, but the common consensus is that they're landfill under the M4 motorway, so best not get one's hopes up too much. I do have a complete collection of all the available production stills of those lost scenes, so that's something I guess🤷♂
The Wicker Man is one of the most incredible films I have ever seen and I saw it as a child on BBC TV in the mid 1970's. My oldest mate Al was from S.West Scotland ( nos in Luxembourg) and some of it was filmed in Creetown. His auntie was filmed looking out of an upstairs window with glasses and it was made to look like part of the plot, but she did that all of the time. I later knew Ian Cutler, the fiddle player who was 16 at this time. He thought he would be working in film forever, but was not. He worked as a civilian police clerk in Buckhurst Hill / Loughton Essex, UK for a bit. I once approached him in a pub in Bodicote, Oxfordshire and loudly called to him ; "think what you're doing, thing what you're doing". He seemed to appreciate it, ha ha!
AH, NO, NOT THE MEMES, NOT THE MEMES, NO!
Thank you for making this video. The Wickerman is one of my favorite movies too. The first time I saw it was in October of 2010. I just got back from visiting some friends in Chicago for my birthday, I was the good kind of tired where I space out just enough to be chill and able to focus at the same time. I was looking for something to watch on TV, and I found it playing on IFC. About fifteen minutes into the movie, it got really windy, which made the experience of watching the movie even more creepy. I loved it so much, and begged most of my friends to watch it with me whenever they could.
Super intersting stuff! I'm leaving a comment for the algorithm so more people can see it.
Lord Summerisle is real (in my heart
but HOW DID IT GET BURNED
Paw Dugan had an old series on TGWTG talking about musicals, and that was how he approached this film and how I fell in love with it.
Thats a Kilt! Not a skirt
Hi Jenna, have you watched the classic British crime film Get Carter, starring Michael Caine? It is possibly one of the finest films ever made.
This was very interesting and also I love your li’l blåhaj friend chillin in the background ❤
Engagement for the engagement god! Subs for the sub throne! Hooray for Blåhaj!
went and watched it for the first time because of your previous video the musical nature of it really caught me by surprised i loved it
It's sort of more like the British TV series "The Avengers" uncanny and unnerving
It's a psychological thriller. And you scared me a little bit and the End of your vid.
I guess Christopher Lee was trying to vary his filmography in the 70s. Between this and his Bond villain role, he was slated to 'sing' in the WHO's TommyThe Movie. Jack Nicholson was on his way to Cannes so Jack was taped into making a stop to sing and dance with a bejeweled Ann-Margret. It is weird now to think of Lee playing this seductive doctor.
Adding The Wicker Man to our Halloween watchlist again this year! And yay, blahaj and bee!
Jenna, I loved BOTH of your Wicker Man vids, and if you want to do another 20 I WILL WATCH. You have such enthusiasm for this tremendous film!!! THANK YOU.
I could EASILY do another 20 and be very happy with my life choices
Poor little Jenna just like the beetle going round and round the same way until she ends up tight against the nail making daily wicker Man videos
Agree 500%
Didn't know about the 4k cut getting that right away. Love that movie!
hell yeah wicker man propaganda. so glad to see this excellent movie get its due.
My partner and I are into horror and few years ago for Christmas just got ourselves a bunch of Blu-ray’s of classic films we hadn’t seen yet. Wicker Man was one of them and we loved it, but I didn’t realize until watching this that we had seen the Final Cut version. This is just like how I saw the lord of the rings extended versions first as a kid and didn’t realize there was a different, shorter version until years later.
You got me to watch this movie so I could watch your videos on it. It was great!
I view this all-time classic as folk mystery horror and I do hate when most today think of The Wicker Man its that awful remake :-)
nice video Jenna! Does wicker man have an UHD release?
Excellent video, excellent movie, and excellent placement of blåhaj in the background :D
Agreed on no need for remake, but I always need more Nic Cage
As a remake, it's the worst thing ever. As a standalone (unintentional) comedy, it's absolute perfection. I love the original Wicker Man more than life itself, it's been in my top 5 all-time favourite movies ever since I first watched it as a young teenager, and I've probably watched it close on 200 times- to the point where I can quote the entire screenplay from memory. But as a die-hard Cage fan I do make a point of revisiting the remake every now and then, it's my absolute favourite of Cage's bad movies.
Being cheap is what makes horror good.
I am not familiar with this movie but your video certainly makes me interested
Comment! Engagement!
This was so great!!! 🥳🥳🥳
Never stop
❤
Another great essay, Jenna!
Maybe I'm just a Cagehead, but I'd also defend the remake (on Wiseau grounds) as an anti-remake. Whether they did it on purpose, they made every creative decision possible to demonstrate why you probably shouldn't remake a classic - also for anyone who hasn't seen the original, I'd highlight the subversion of power dynamics in the film (don't want to say too much, just that tthe fish out of water is a catholic poliiceman)
Whoa. Today I was looking at showing for the wicker man at a local theatre, and then the last thing I did before clicking onto youtube and seeing this was finish off episode 210 of the insert credit show, featuring JENNA STOEBER!. Summoning circle of coincidences.
For some reason, even though I am subscribed, I didn't get a notification for this video! And I love videos about the Wicker Man, so I'm understandably excited to see it.
This movie isn't necessarily horror..but it is haunting and thought provoking, and evokes conflicting emotions..I've rewatched throughout my life (48 now) and keep finding new things to consider..and it's comforting to watch now
I really appreciate your passion for this movie even thought I have never looked to watch it.
Ok that last point may be the thing that convinces me to give this movie a watch, that's a wonderful bit of film crafting
Thank you Minnmax for introducing me to the joy that is Jenna
I normally wait until the end of videos to like them, but the content and delivery of "it is my favourite movie" got an early one from me
I watched the wicker man for the first time because of your video last year and it was a wild ride
I was already on board with the Wicker Man but now I can recreate that one scene in Barbie with these new facts!
I’m for real starting to become obsessed with this movie tbh… I can’t get over the soundtrack either, I just want to weep when I hear Willows Song or Gently Johnny. Now to go hunt for a copy of the OST on vinyl…
Thanks for making my day, the happy I feel finding a BRAND NEW video about the wicker man less than 24hrs old is a joy, for sure. 𖢅
The album Becoming X by The Sneaker Pimps has a track called How Do…a beautiful song. One night I decided to watch the original Wicker Man and I hear Britt Ekland, who played Willow, beautifully singing How Do (aka Willow’s song).