One of John Huston's most original, most stunning movies. New York Times
This faithful adaptation of Flannery O’Connor’s 1952 novel occupies that faithless milieu where evangelical hucksters peddle “prophets” to those just achin’ for salvation. Raised in rural Georgia by his brimstone-belching grandfather (John Huston), Hazel Motes (Brad Dourif) wants to free himself from the scorching heat of his past. He sets out into the streets to preach a gospel of his own invention, the “Church of Truth Without Christ,” “a church where the blind don’t see and the lame don’t walk.” John Huston’s hellaciously humored Wise Blood spreads its own gospel: only a blind man can finally see the face of God. Steve Seid
Written by Benedict Fitzgerald, based on the novel by Flannery O'Connor.
Photographed by Gerald Fisher. With Brad Dourif, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean
Stanton, Daniel Shor. (108 mins, Color, 35mm, From Harvard Film Archive, permission Janus Films/Criterion Collection)
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