Tag: To Live and Die
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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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‘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…