Equus

Good old Time Out: the ONLY guide to see how poorly Richard Burton plays the psychiatrist. It was his ponderously thundering tones that drove my wife away after 5 minutes. If only she had stayed to watch Peter Firth: a great performance there, that kept me engaged till the end.

Yeah the pythanesque aspect is unfortunately valid. What starts off as a Bergman style flic (Solemn intervalled converstaions with the camera etc) does become quite ridiculous by the fifth "Chinkle-Chankle" and "Ark of the Man-bit". But surely no more ridiculous then many aspects, parlances and catchphrases of religion. Perhaps "Centuar" would have worked better as a title for the merging of man into godhood, or was it all a horsehead erection? You're right that Burton isn't quite convincing as a shrink but he does the burnt out aspect all too well, and Peter Firth is marvelous. One suspects they really shold have replaced Buffalo Bill in Silence of the lambs with this horse worshipping character to really unerve the audience!