I was in high school when the film was released and it completely changed how I viewed movies. It was the first time I became truly emotionally invested in a film and started developing a more mature perspective. I believe it is also the first film where I had read the novel before seeing the movie. I don't care what anyone says about it. It will always be one of my favorite films and I consider it a classic and a masterpiece. And that score is also one of the greatest. One phrase and I'm instantly transported to the setting and the characters. Every time I hear God Is Trying To Tell You Something, I break out in goosebumps.
I saw Mister as a horrible man when comparing him to today's standards, but I think the film did a pretty good job at cluing in the audience what was considered the expected behavior of the period and setting. They were all victims of society and victims of an era.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
