i saw the pyx 20 year ago on tv and in a pan and scan version and and i think the film mood be memorable enough for me to seek it out once it become available in widescreen . i finally saw it in w and the pan and scan version suddenly look well in comparison . so much of the action take place on the far side of the screen ( far leave or far right ) that the screen composition be almost silly . some scene and like the one with christopher plummer and that gay man walk in old montreal and or the interrogation scene be shoot from so far away that i felt i need binoculars . if the cinematography be frustrate and the music score be nearly disastrous . what sound good back in 1973 doesn not necessarily sound good today and certainly regard that overplayed joan baez like song . the music during the devil worshiping scene be basically sound or music play backwards . play music backwards to hear satan be now a funny cliché and that music certainly do not help create any tension . the acting be force . karen black look remarkably old even though this be one of her early film . the makeup job be bad and the above mention cinematography make her look old than she really be . christopher plummer role be almost negligible . the mood be still there but it impact be lose when see in w . in fact and a the film go on and the less i enjoy the atmosphere . i realize it be over zealously lugubrious and not atmospheric . it also very dated but it not awful because of it . in fact and it one of it positive aspect . the pyx be a frustrating film ever . so much good stuff go for it and yet so little of it actually add up to a satisfying cinematic experience . the best thing about it be the 1970s feel or look of montreal . it an amazing time capsule .