Tag: Sorcerer
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William Friedkin Wanted To Make These Projects, but Never Did
There should be no doubt that William Friedkin was one of the best filmmakers who ever lived. He crafted an all-time horror classic with The Exorcist, a crime caper for the ages with The French Connection, and used his cult classic Sorcerer as a metaphor for his thoughts about the Vietnam War. Truly, he was…
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William Friedkin’s Grimiest Movie Changed Film and TV Forever
The New Hollywood movement opened up doors for bleaker storytelling in American cinema. Specifically, it allowed, in the wake of the Hays Code dissolving, for authority figures like cops to finally be depicted as out-and-out baddies on film. The darker complexities of reality, where authority figures often become evildoers, could be brought to life on…
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William Friedkin’s Best Movies and Where to Stream Them
When William Friedkin died at the age of 87 on August 7, the film world lost a singular director who continued taking risks until his final days — and a vital link between the New Hollywood innovators of the 1970s and the blockbuster era that followed.After cutting his teeth on conventional Hollywood fare like the…
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William Friedkin, New Hollywood Maverick and ‘Exorcist’ Director, Dead at 87
William Friedkin, the Oscar-winning director of “The French Connection” and legend behind “The Exorcist,” has died at age 87. His death in Los Angeles was first reported by Variety, and the news was confirmed by Chapman University dean Stephen Galloway, a friend of Friedkin’s wife, former studio head Sherry Lansing.Friedkin’s sensational 1971 “The French Connection”…
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‘The Exorcist’ Director William Friedkin Made This Sharp 2000s Thriller
The Exorcist director William Friedkin is a master of realistic action scenes. From the iconic car chases in The French Connection (for which he won his Oscar for Best Director) and To Live and Die in L.A., to the almost unbearably tense Sorcerer, featuring Roy Scheider transporting nitroglycerin across the Latin American jungle (as well…
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Throwback Thursday: William Friedkin Laughs At Nicolas Winding Refn Calling ‘Only God Forgives’ A “Masterpiece”
Hey, it’s #ThrowbackThursday and in the spirit of trying out something new, we thought we’d try out a new franchise where we look to the past and highlight something in cinema history that’s fascinating, amusing, perhaps something you never knew or have seen, you name it.Today, we’d like to showcase a behind the scenes conversation…
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‘The Devil and Father Amorth’ Review: ‘Exorcist’ Director William Friedkin Hails Satan in a Doc Update of His Horror Classic
A born raconteur, 81-year-old Hollywood legend William Friedkin still has the itch. While some other men his age have already resigned themselves to the golf course (if not the grave), the director of films like “Sorcerer” and “The Exorcist” can’t help but continue to tell stories. He’s possessed by a spiritual compulsion to spin yarns,…