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  "id": 2885460,
  "title": "‘Boorman and the Devil’ Review: The Making of John Boorman’s 1977 Disaster ‘Exorcist II: The Heretic’ Becomes a Documentary So Unbelievable It’s Funny",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/boorman-and-the-devil-review-the-making-of-john-boormans-1977",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-23T22:29:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/boorman-and-the-devil-review-exorcist-ii-the-heretic-1236841140/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "You might call Boorman’s fortitude admirable, but you could also call it delusional. And it lends \"Boorman and the Devil\" the quality of a true-life Christopher Guest movie. For this is the unintentionally funny story of what happens when utterly unhinged and high-minded hubris becomes your guiding light. Boorman, and others associated with \"Exorcist II,\" know that they made an infamous disaster,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}