William Friedkin - R.I.P.

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Yet another seminal Hollywood director shuffles off to the great studio in the sky…

The Exorcist
The French Connection
To Live and Die in L.A.


https://variety.com/2023/film/news/w...st-1235689676/

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[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Put the Sorcerer on that list. A very underappreciated and underrated movie.

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Big +1, although I think we're among the very few who ever saw it. (French original was very good too.)

When I was in high school I went to see The Exorcist with my sister's college boyfriend. He was fidgeting uncomfortably throughout, and when it got to the "pea soup" scene he said "I'll be in the lobby", and bolted. I really wanted to see the film, held out a bit, but started feeling the pull and left after a while. It was a couple years later when I finally saw the whole thing with some buds at a midnight movie. Terrifying stuff at the time.

Watched Live and Die again last year on DVD. Really terrific film. Friedkin was a master. RIP.

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It’s been quite some time since I’ve seen Sorcerer.

To Live and Die in L.A. was a seminal film for me when I saw it in college. It’s also the only Friedkin film I saw in the theater other than Jade.

Sadly, never saw either The French Connection or The Exorcist on the big screen. Bummer regarding the latter is apparently Friedkin did a Q&A screening of The Exorcist at the Roxie during my time living in SF (and I am sure that they regularly screened his other films at The Castro while I was living there, none of which I ever went to).

I have never seen Cruising, either. Which I know was kinda controversial when it came out.

I remember Bug being pretty cool, too.

I have been contemplating doing a double-feature of Wages of Fear and Sorcerer for a few months now, so perhaps that’s in the cards over the next few weeks…

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Put the Sorcerer on that list. A very underappreciated and underrated movie.

That was my first thought too. The bridge scene is riveting and I remember hearing Friedkin interviewed once upon a time and said filming that scene was about the same as watching it now.
I saw Sorcerer was shown down at the Crest in Sac earlier this year.

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Definitely an interesting guy - saw this a while back and found it pretty good.

Friedkin Uncut

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The Exorcist is coming back to the Big Screen on Sunday 10/01 and Wednesday 10/04 this year…50th Anniversary.

https://www.fathomevents.com/events/...th-Anniversary

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Nice write-up by Justin Chang in LAT:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...ising-sorcerer