William Friedkin Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘French Connection’ Director & ‘Exorcist’ Nominee Was 87
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Very sad he was one of the best. The Exorcist is incredible. I still need to watch Sorcerer.
Sorcerer is my favorite film of his - incredibly tense!
French Connection has one of the greatest car chase scenes in film history. Popeye Doyle was a great bad ass cop with serious anger issues.
Every few years I return to French Connection, and the gritty realism, a lot of which was reportedly filmed without permits, guerrilla-style, blows me away every time. New Hollywood indeed!
Then there's the way the title cards and music set an incredible tone, grab you by the neck from the very get-go. This must have been astonishing in 1971. Hell... it won the Oscar for Best Film!
I don't care what everyone says: Killer Joe was one of the best films of that year and is incredibly funny.