![]() ![]() (I’m assuming that you have seen the film, but anyway, there will be no spoilers for either.) My copy of the book quotes a Guardian review beneath the title, which coyly says – “Pinner’s decaying village, can stand alone from the book’s illustrious successor – the Wicker Man.”. ![]() And yet, Ritual is often referred to as the book the film was based on, Wikipaedia describing it as “the basis for The Wicker Man”. Ritual is often described as the book that inspired the film, but this is not accepted in all circles, and this area of disagreement is what interested me.Īllan Brown, in his fascinating and thorough 2010 book about the making of the film, also called the Wicker Man, quotes the screenwriter Anthony Shaffer as saying “if he (Pinner) says the premise of the Wicker Man is borrowed from his book, then he is mad.” Apparently the rights (rites?) to Ritual had been purchased but then they decided, according those involved, not to pursue this, and moved on. I have just read David Pinner’s 1967 novel Ritual, and would like to share some thoughts on it – in its own right, and also in comparison to the 1973 film, The Wicker Man. ![]()
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