tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026901.post2099290114881062119..comments2009-11-02T21:46:57.616-08:00Comments on Bright Lights After Dark: An Atheist's Guide to "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow...Bright Lights Film Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07283371703328315147noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026901.post-5908584757103047102009-10-30T15:36:10.222-07:002009-10-30T15:36:10.222-07:00That's another very good (and far more concise) re...That's another very good (and far more concise) reading, Jer, and I agree completely, though obviously my take above is somewhat less sympathetic with Ichabod's "spiriting away". <br /><br />I couldn't stand the remake though, despite some powerful imagery. It's probably Burton's worst film (including "Planet of the Apes").<br /><br />Also...my apologies to all, I misspelled "Atheist" in the title (I fixed it)!Joseph "Jon" Lanthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826623899121215596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026901.post-75848401632628438662009-10-30T14:09:19.091-07:002009-10-30T14:09:19.091-07:00Disney's 1949 version of the Sleepy Hollow story i...Disney's 1949 version of the Sleepy Hollow story is a perfect preface to the McCarthy Era - the story of how an all-American macho man (Brom Bones) rids his community of an effeminate intellectual (a male "school marm").<br /><br />Tim Burton's 1999 version predictably reverses the polarities and makes Ichabod the hero.C. Jerry Kutnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901663264449536920noreply@blogger.com