which is indeed one of the all time greats
Posted on 08/07/2023 6:13:53 PM PDT by 11th_VA
American director William Friedkin, best known for the 1970s films "The Exorcist" and "The French Connection," died in Los Angeles on Monday, Fox News Digital can confirm. He was 87.…
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Ah, to live and die in LA - RIP
The Wang Chung song from that movie was good.
‘Sorcerer’ 1977. With the music by Tangerine Dream. Bridge scene was haunting.
Agree - great soundtrack - have it on CD.
Terrible movie. Sorry I went to see it back in the day.
My buddy Augie was his first call editor for the last 20 or so years. I’m sure they worked on well over a dozen projects together. That was Augie’s real step-up into the bigs.
What? Wang Chung was on the Exorcist soundtrack way back then? I don’t remember it.
Friedkin was one of the best directors — and the Exorcist — well, what can I say about that film that hasn’t already been said. The only horror film that actually scares me because... well... it’s real.
Freddy, Jason, all the clown icons — not real.
The Enemy on the other hand...
I’ll give a shout out to one of his least heralded films, Blue Chips. Just watched it for the first time in years a couple weeks ago and it still holds up for me, and not just because of the nostalgia factor either. The performances, even from the “amateurs”, is first rate, and no one has ever filmed basketball in a more realistic way.
Absolutely great movie.
which is indeed one of the all time greats
I watch that film often. It is a truly great film. One of the dozen’s of times I have seen it was on a UHF channel in Milwaukee many moons ago. Very poor film print was running, and during the final sequence where he is in essence dancing with the truck, swerving from side to side, while the film intercuts to the woman he is going to see in the small town at the edge of the jungle. She is dancing to the same music, anticipating his arrival with the reward money. Suddenly she has a wave of fear overcome her and they intercut to Yves Montand in the truck, a tie rod breaks and the truck goes off the road and over a cliff and that’s it for him. The UHF station copy got to the point where the woman expresses shock, then after a horrible splice you immediately see the credits. Some schmuck at the UHF station got lazy and decided to skip the last portion of the film (!).
No, that one was Rosemary’s Baby.
No, To Live And Die In LA
Heh, glad I didn’t see that one.
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